Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

holding in contempt

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables
hold-ing in -con-tempt
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of hold in contempt

Questions

What does holding in contempt mean?
present participle and gerund of hold in contempt

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