| breed contempt | 4.34 | Contempt breeds contempt. | ||
| have contempt | 2.37 | They have contempt for both. | ||
| show contempt | 2.30 | It shows deep-seated contempt .. | ||
| express contempt | 1.71 | Squire and Ickes have expressed contempt for Mr Morris in earlier times. | ||
| hide contempt | 0.72 | Nixon could not hide his contempt for us. | ||
| display contempt | 0.66 | Shortly after shooting them, Conroy displayed utter contempt for his two victims, the court heard. | ||
| feel contempt | 0.46 | She was surprised to find that she felt only contempt. | ||
| voice contempt | 0.39 | When the mayor fails to get his way, he often voices contempt for the courts. | ||
| commit contempt | 0.33 | Lim denied Monday committing any contempt as the injunction, he said, had been improperly served. | ||
| conceal contempt | 0.33 | He has not even tried to conceal his contempt. | ||
| earn contempt | 0.33 | That would have been anathema to Taylor and earned his contempt. | ||
| elicit contempt | 0.26 | But it elicited only contempt from Haider. | ||
| purge contempt | 0.26 | He was ordered to be kept in the lock-up to purge his contempt. |