How to pronounce contempt
Listen to contempt in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“contempt” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 48 American · 509 British · 1 Australian · 4 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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uh to privilege contempt contempt is the language of social media and contempt to me is
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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that are available, which are contempt, civil contempt or criminal contempt directed at any of the
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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contempt that it deserves.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Criminal contempt is punitive.
PBS NewsHour · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of contempt. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.