Contempt and Joke

Contempt

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

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

Joke noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.

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Contempt and joke are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contempt" instead a noun "Joke".

Nearby Words: joking, joker, jokey, joked, jokingly

particular	particular contempt	particular joke
similar	similar contempt	similar joke
complete	complete contempt	complete joke
utter	utter contempt	utter joke
Other adjectives: total, obvious, simple, actual, real, great, absolute, subtle, racist, occasional, earlier.

Brain overhears the joke and at first expresses contempt towards it, but then grins and states that he understands that the joke is a play on words.

Source: Western Animation / Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
Starting from the New series (with precedence in the Eighth Doctor Expanded Universe), he becomes definitively bisexual, but his queerness is often just used as part of the general joke about how weird and outrageous he is (though always affectionately, never with contempt).

Source: Discount Lesbians

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