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Contempt in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say contempt in different languages. This page features translation of the word "contempt" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce contempt and how to read it.
Saying Contempt in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say contempt | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | përbuzje | |
| Basque | mespretxua | |
| Belarusian | пагарда [paharda] | |
| Bosnian | prezir | |
| Bulgarian | презрение [prezrenie] | |
| Catalan | menyspreu | |
| Corsican | disprezzu | |
| Croatian | prezir | |
| Czech | opovržení | |
| Danish | foragt | |
| Dutch | minachting | |
| Estonian | põlgus | |
| Finnish | halveksuntaa | |
| French | mépris | |
| Frisian | ferachting | |
| Galician | desprezo | |
| German | Verachtung | |
| Greek | περιφρόνηση [perifrónisi] | |
| Hungarian | megvetés | |
| Icelandic | fyrirlitningu | |
| Irish | díspeagadh | |
| Italian | disprezzo | |
| Latvian | nicinājums | |
| Lithuanian | panieka | |
| Luxembourgish | Veruechtung | |
| Macedonian | презир [prezir] | |
| Maltese | disprezz | |
| Norwegian | forakt | |
| Polish | pogarda | |
| Portuguese | desprezo | |
| Romanian | dispreţ | |
| Russian | презрение [prezreniye] | |
| Scots Gaelic | tàir | |
| Serbian | презир [prezir] | |
| Slovak | pohŕdanie | |
| Slovenian | prezir | |
| Spanish | desprecio | |
| Swedish | förakt | |
| Tatar | кимсетү | |
| Ukrainian | презирство [prezyrstvo] | |
| Welsh | dirmyg | |
| Yiddish | ביטול [bitul] |
Saying Contempt in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say contempt | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | արհամարհանք [arhamarhank’] | |
| Azerbaijani | hörmətsizlik | |
| Bengali | অবজ্ঞা [abajñā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 鄙视 [bǐshì] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 鄙視 [bǐshì] | |
| Georgian | ზიზღი [zizghi] | |
| Gujarati | તિરસ્કાર [tiraskāra] | |
| Hindi | अवमानना [avamaanana] | |
| Hmong | saib tsis taus | |
| Japanese | 軽蔑する | |
| Kannada | ತಿರಸ್ಕಾರ [tiraskāra] | |
| Kazakh | менсінбеу [mensinbew] | |
| Khmer | ការមើលងាយ | |
| Korean | 경멸 [gyeongmyeol] | |
| Kyrgyz | жек көрүү [jek körüü] | |
| Lao | ການດູຖູກ [ kanduthuk] | |
| Malayalam | നിന്ദ [ninda] | |
| Marathi | अपमान [apamāna] | |
| Mongolian | жигшил [jigshil] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | မထီမဲ့မြင်ပြုခြင်း။ [ mahtemaemyinpyuhkyinn ] | |
| Nepali | अवहेलना [avahēlanā] | |
| Odia | ଅବମାନନା | |
| Pashto | سپکاوی | |
| Punjabi | ਅਪਮਾਨ [apamāna] | |
| Sindhi | توهين | |
| Sinhala | අවඥාව [avagnāva] | |
| Tajik | нафрат | |
| Tamil | அவமதிப்பு [avamatippu] | |
| Telugu | ధిక్కారం [dhikkāraṁ] | |
| Thai | ดูถูก | |
| Turkish | küçümseme | |
| Turkmen | äsgermezlik | |
| Urdu | توہین | |
| Uyghur | ھۆرمەتسىزلىك | |
| Uzbek | nafrat | |
| Vietnamese | Khinh thường | |
Saying Contempt in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say contempt | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ازدراء [aizdira'] | |
| Hebrew | בּוּז | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | riswa | |
| Persian | تحقیر | |
Saying Contempt in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say contempt | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | minagting | |
| Amharic | ንቀት [nik’eti] | |
| Chichewa | kunyoza | |
| Hausa | raini | |
| Igbo | nlelị | |
| Kinyarwanda | agasuzuguro | |
| Sesotho | nyeliso | |
| Shona | kuzvidza | |
| Somali | quudhsi | |
| Swahili | dharau | |
| Xhosa | indelelo | |
| Yoruba | ẹgan | |
| Zulu | ukwedelela | |
Saying Contempt in Austronesian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say contempt | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | pagtamay | |
| Filipino | paghamak | |
| Hawaiian | hoowahawaha | |
| Indonesian | penghinaan | |
| Javanese | nistha | |
| Malagasy | fanamavoana | |
| Malay | penghinaan | |
| Maori | whakahāwea | |
| Samoan | inosia | |
| Sundanese | hina | |
Saying Contempt in Other Foreign Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say contempt | |
|---|---|---|
| Esperanto | malestimo | |
| Haitian Creole | mepri | |
| Latin | contemptus | |
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