Contempt
Contempt noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.
Malignance and contempt are semantically related In some cases you can use "Malignance" instead a noun "Contempt".
Malignance
Malignance noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: in meting out the harsh sentence, the judge cited the exceptional malignance and ruthlessness with which the rape was committed
Contempt and malignance are semantically related in severe dislike topic. Sometimes you can use "Contempt" instead a noun "Malignance".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- animosity and contempt
- animosity and malignance
- bitterness and contempt
- bitterness and malignance
- antagonism and contempt
- antagonism and malignance
- loathing and contempt
- loathing and malignance
- scorn and contempt
- scorn and malignance
- abhorrence and contempt
- abhorrence and malignance
- malice and contempt
- malice and malignance
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