Repulsive vs Contempt - What's the difference?
repulsive | contempt |
tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
(physics) having the capacity to repel
(uncountable) The state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.
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, title= The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace.
(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
As an adjective repulsive
is .As a noun contempt is
(uncountable) the state of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.repulsive
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Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
* Nouns to which "repulsive" is often applied: force, interaction, potential.Synonyms
* repellent * similar: disgusting, vileAntonyms
* (tending to rouse aversion ) attractive * (physics, having the capacity to repel ) attractiveAnagrams
* ----contempt
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(wikipedia contempt)Alternative forms
* (obsolete) * (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.}}
