These adjectives mean showing or marked by irreverence or contempt for what is sacred.
It is an outburst of wild defiant sorrow, and of contempt for all the adversities of the world.
Mr Meles's contempt for what he calls the "neoliberalism" of the West is as plain as his admiration for "generous" and "dependable" China.
But senior army officers do not hide their contempt for Mr Zardari and America doubts the value of lending support to an increasingly isolated President.
The red-light runner, however, shows no respect whatever for the social rules, and society cannot help being harmed by any repetitious and brazen display of contempt for the fundamentals of order.
We feel contempt for a liar.
Margaret Thatcher made no secret of her contempt for the wimpish men around her.
Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine.
They had nothing but contempt for the notion of special treatment for "the sisters", and instead insisted on getting ahead by dint of working harder and thinking smarter.
Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.
It is argued that Holden is lack of a life goal, sense of security, sense of trust, sense of responsibility while he feels contempt for others and the world.
Extreme contempt for their English proficiency, so I decided to work hard up!
He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.
His cocky contempt for authority led him to question received wisdom in ways that well-trained acolytes in the academy never contemplated.
He expressed profound contempt for the act.
Old Behrman, with his red eyes plainly streaming, shouted his contempt for such foolish imaginings.
The other Primarchs, those he saw as the Emperor's favourites, had treated him with contempt for the extremes he used to ensure his victories.
One should not set aside future expectations for contempt and contempt for the past.
Europeanization of contempt for people obsessed with painting, look no artists such as My Country To live!
A good person is like water, which moistens the world but never vies with the world, staying in the lowest place which everybody shows contempt for. Therefore, it is closest to the Way.
Bruno Tattaglia was one of the new generation with a barely hidden contempt for the old Moustache Petes like Luca Brasi, Don Corleone and even his own father.
He held them in contempt for behaving in such a cowardly way.
His humor is based on contempt for others.
In spite of His contempt for naturalistic art, the old visionary knew a good thing when he saw it.
What left and right share in this case is their contempt for big speculators and corporate managers who profit from risky decisions but are protected from failures by 'golden parachutes'.
As for the intrigues, fraud, buying ever before, people self-interest and other harmful behavior, it is held in contempt for mankind, nor the forest birds, such as animal manure and left.
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