| contempt | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. contempt, despite, disdain, scorn | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" |
| ~ dislike | a feeling of aversion or antipathy.; "my dislike of him was instinctive" |
| n. (attribute) | 2. contempt, disrespect | a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous. |
| ~ rudeness, discourtesy | a manner that is rude and insulting. |
| n. (communication) | 3. contempt, scorn | open disrespect for a person or thing. |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ fleer | contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words. |
| ~ leer, sneer | a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls. |
| ~ sneer | a contemptuous or scornful remark. |
| n. (act) | 4. contempt | a willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body. |
| ~ disobedience, noncompliance | the failure to obey. |
| ~ contempt of congress | deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch. |
| ~ contempt of court | disrespect for the rules of a court of law. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| despite | | |
| n. (act) | 1. despite | contemptuous disregard.; "she wanted neither favor nor despite" |
| ~ disregard, neglect | willful lack of care and attention. |
| disparagement | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. depreciation, derogation, disparagement | a communication that belittles somebody or something. |
| ~ effeminacy, effeminateness, sissiness, unmanliness, womanishness, softness | the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man).; "the students associated science with masculinity and arts with effeminacy"; "Spartans accused Athenians of effeminateness"; "he was shocked by the softness of the atmosphere surrounding the young prince, arising from the superfluity of the femininity that guided him" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ cold water | disparagement of a plan or hope or expectation.; "she poured cold water on the whole idea of going to Africa" |
| ~ belittling, denigration | a belittling comment. |
| ~ aspersion, slur | a disparaging remark.; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility" |
| ~ detraction, petty criticism | a petty disparagement. |
| ~ sour grapes | disparagement of something that is unattainable. |
| ~ condescension, disdain, patronage | a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient. |
| ~ calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, traducement, obloquy | a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions. |
| ~ darkey, darkie, darky | (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people. |
| ~ boy | (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man.; "get out of my way, boy" |
| ~ jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, coon, spade | (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person.; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" |
| ~ tom, uncle tom | (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites. |
| ~ paleface | (slang) a derogatory term for a white person (supposedly used by North American Indians). |
| ~ poor white trash, white trash | (slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished. |
| ~ honkey, honkie, honky, whitey | (slang) offensive names for a White man. |
| ~ coolie, cooly | (ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer. |
| ~ oriental, oriental person | a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans). |
| ~ yellow man | offensive term for an Asian man. |
| ~ yellow woman | offensive term for an Asian woman. |
| ~ slant-eye, gook | (slang) a disparaging term for an Asian person (especially for North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War). |
| ~ injun, red man, redskin | (slang) offensive term for Native Americans. |
| ~ papist | an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy. |
| ~ hymie, kike, sheeny, yid | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew. |
| ~ chinaman, chink | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent. |
| ~ mick, mickey, paddy | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent. |
| ~ dago, ginzo, greaseball, wop, guinea | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent. |
| ~ jap, nip | (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent. |
| ~ spic, spick, spik | (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent. |
| ~ greaser, taco, wetback | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent. |
| ~ boche, jerry, kraut, krauthead, hun | offensive term for a person of German descent. |
| ~ butch, dike, dyke | (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine. |
| ~ fag, faggot, fagot, nance, poof, poove, pouf, queer, fairy, pansy, queen | offensive term for an openly homosexual man. |
| ~ half-caste | an offensive term for the offspring of parents of different races or cultures. |
| ~ half-breed | an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry). |
| ~ indian giver | an offensive term for someone who asks you to return a present he has given you. |
| ~ caffer, caffre, kafir, kaffir | an offensive and insulting term for any Black African. |
| ~ mammy | an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.. |
| ~ moonie | an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church. |
| ~ nazi | derogatory term for a person who is fanatically dedicated to, or seeks to control, some activity, practice, etc.. |
| ~ picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny | (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child. |
| ~ shegetz | an offensive term for non-Jewish young man.; "why does she like all those shkotzim?" |
| ~ shiksa, shikse | a derogatory term used by Jews to refer to non-Jewish women. |
| ~ gamin, street arab, throwaway | (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets. |
| ~ suit | (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit.; "all the suits care about is the bottom line" |
| ~ tree hugger | derogatory term for environmentalists who support restrictions on the logging industry and the preservation of forests. |
| ~ wog | (offensive British slang) term used by the British to refer to people of color from Africa or Asia. |
| ~ touchy-feely | (often derogatory) openly expressing love and affection (especially through physical contact). |
| n. (act) | 2. disparagement, dispraise | the act of speaking contemptuously of. |
| ~ disapproval | the act of disapproving or condemning. |
| ~ belittling | the act of belittling. |
| ~ deprecation, denigration | the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself). |
| ~ detraction | the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander).; "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken" |
| scoff | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. jeer, jeering, mockery, scoff, scoffing | showing your contempt by derision. |
| ~ derision | contemptuous laughter. |
| v. (communication) | 2. barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff | laugh at with contempt and derision.; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" |
| ~ bait, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, twit, cod, tease, rag, rally, ride | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" |
| v. (communication) | 3. flout, scoff | treat with contemptuous disregard.; "flout the rules" |
| ~ brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside | bar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances" |
| taunt | | |
| n. (act) | 1. taunt, taunting, twit | aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing. |
| ~ provocation, aggravation, irritation | unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment. |
| v. (communication) | 2. bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit | harass with persistent criticism or carping.; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ jeer, scoff, flout, gibe, barrack | laugh at with contempt and derision.; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" |
| ~ banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid | be silly or tease one another.; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" |
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