c 3 o 1 n 1 t 1 e 1 m 3 p 3 t 1
8 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
noun a manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous
noun open disrespect for a person or thing
originFrom Latin contemptus (“scorn”), from contemnō (“to scorn, despise”), from com- + temnō (“to despise”). Displaced native Old English forsewennes.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- coempt 12
- compt 11
- potmen 10
- comp 10
- comet 9
- comte 9
- copen 9
- nempt 9
- ponce 9
- tempo 9
- tempt 9
- potent 8