Contempt
Contempt noun - Open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect.
Usage example: my undying contempt for people who abuse animals
Malignancy and contempt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malignancy" instead a noun "Contempt".
Malignancy
Malignancy noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
Usage example: her irrepressible malignancy was such that she even attacked her friends behind their backs
Contempt and malignancy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contempt" instead a noun "Malignancy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- animosity and contempt
- animosity and malignancy
- bitterness and contempt
- bitterness and malignancy
- disdain and contempt
- disdain and malignancy
- antagonism and contempt
- antagonism and malignancy
- loathing and contempt
- loathing and malignancy
- scorn and contempt
- scorn and malignancy
- abhorrence and contempt
- abhorrence and malignancy
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Malignancy and Contempt. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contempt/malignancy
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Malignancy or Contempt. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contempt/malignancy.
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