Converse of object

• wither: I can read Islamic extremists who say much the same thing, and deserve the same withering contempt.

• incite: It will serve only to incite more contempt for the law among drivers who are already plagued with oppressive regulations.

• breed: Whoever coined the phrase " familiarity breeds contempt " must have gone that route.

• pour: Many of us have found it hard to " pour contempt on all my pride.

• conceal: At the domestic level, Manchester United treat the FA, which presides over the national game, with barely concealed contempt.

• constitute: Failure to comply with such an order could constitute contempt of court.

Adjective modifier

• utter: We see their contempt, their utter contempt, for innocent life.

• undisguised: But ever since the coup fiasco, the CIA and the State Department have viewed him with undisguised contempt.

• everlasting: As Daniel says, there is resurrection of the wicked to shame and everlasting contempt.

• arrogant: And I felt there was an arrogant contempt for others in the way all the discussion was centered on himself.

• utmost: Evidently you hold the laws of defamation and the wisdom of libel juries in the utmost contempt.

• profound: Its profound contempt for international law, science, secularism, and any concern for minimal social welfare at home or abroad is unprecedented.

Modifies a noun

• proceeding: The court failed to issue a ruling on prior warning or begin contempt proceedings at any of the hearings.

Noun used with modifier

• familiarity: Bligh was still less visible to the men, not present in a ' familiarity breeds contempt ' sense.

• breed: Bligh was still less visible to the men, not present in a ' familiarity breeds contempt ' sense.

Preposition: of

• danger: He inspired all with his own contempt of danger.

Preposition: for

• democracy: The ' contempt for democracy ' is an accurate description.

• politician: He gives ' the impression of someone with a certain natural contempt for politicians ' .

• danger: By his prompt action and absolute contempt for danger the whole situation was changed, the men were encouraged and the line swept forward.