ADJ
- deep, utter, withering
- cold, icy
- healthy
- She'd developed what she considered a healthy contempt for authority
- barely/thinly disguised
VERB + CONTEMPT
- feel, have, hold sb/sth in
- He felt nothing but contempt for them. Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by the police
- betray, demonstrate, display, show
- His remarks betray an utter contempt for the truth (= are completely false)
- develop
- regard sb/sth with, treat sb/sth with
- deserve
- I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves
PREP
- ~ for
- He has a deep contempt for racists
- beneath ~
- His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so bad it is not even worth feeling contempt for)
- with ~
- She looked at him with barely disguised contempt
VERB + CONTEMPT
- be held in
- She was held in contempt for refusing to testify
