Contempt and Fear

Contempt

Contempt noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.

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Fear and contempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fear" instead a noun "Contempt".

Fear noun - The emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger.

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Contempt and fear are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contempt" instead a noun "Fear".

pure	pure contempt	pure fear
particular	particular contempt	particular fear
similar	similar contempt	similar fear
public	public contempt	public fear
Other adjectives: complete, utter, total, genuine, sheer, deep, open, obvious, simple, strong, real, constant, extreme, great, absolute, general, mutual, outright, growing, subconscious, deepest.

On the other side, all Aliens view humans with a mixture of hatred, fear and contempt.

Source: Fantastic Racism / Tabletop Games
Players are guaranteed to hold Game Guy's name in great fear and contempt as his Minigames tend to cheat and rob them of their hard-earned coins more often than not.

Source: Video Game / Mario Party
Also, the entire plot was kicked off by the "good" residents of Ralph's game world treating him with contempt and fear outside arcade hours, even excluding him from the game's 30th anniversary celebration.

Source: Disney / Wreck-It Ralph

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