The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABHOR which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2017.
Hold in contempt crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABHOR | 43 % | 5 |
| SCORN | 29 % | 5 |
| LOATHE | 14 % | 6 |
| DESPISE | 14 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hold in contempt
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- impound
- hold
- judge
- condemn
- detain
- forjudge
- hold in
- hold cheap
- abjudicate
- overhold
- hold in hand
- hold down
Crossword Answer definitions
ABHOR verb- To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe.
- To fill with horror or disgust.
- To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
- (canon law) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
- To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; construed with from.
- Differ entirely from.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABHOR
- Loathe
- Detest
- Dislike, big-time
- Have no use for
- Dislike
- "I ___ the dull routine of existence": Arthur Conan Doyle
- Hate
- Hate and then some
- Despise
- Intensely dislike
More clues leading to the result SCORN
- Disdain
- Mock
- Treat with contempt
- Diss
- Contemptuously refuse
- Belittle in a way
- Derision
- Distain
- Show disdain for
- Pooh-pooh
More clues leading to the result LOATHE
- Detest
- Dislike, and then some
- Hate with the white-hot intensity of a thousand suns
- Utterly detest
- Thoroughly despise
- Abhor
- Can't abide
- Can't stomach
- Detest passionately
- Can't stand the sight of