Contempt and Like

Opposite meaning words

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

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Like is an antonym for contempt in disdain topic.

Like noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.

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Contempt is an antonym for like.

Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

high	high contempt	high like
special	special contempt	special like
similar	similar contempt	similar like
complete	complete contempt	complete like
Other adjectives: certain, total, simple, actual, real, criminal, occasional.

And, like Wade in the film having open contempt for his son-in-law, Pearl has open contempt for her own husband.

Source: Series / Fargo
Many people hold nothing but contempt towards "easy-to-use" programs like Dreamweaver, preferring to code using nothing but a raw text editor like Notepad.

Source: Serious Business / Real Life
Father in Fullmetal Alchemist once said humans are so insect-like compared to him that they don't even deserve his contempt as his homunculus give.

Source: Pitiful Worms

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