Collocations for contempt - noun

complete, deep, great, open, outright, pure, utter, withering
cold, icy
healthy (esp. BrE)
She'd developed what she considered a healthy contempt for authority.

barely disguised (esp. BrE), thinly disguised

feel, have, hold sb/sth in
He felt nothing but contempt for them.
Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by the police.

betray, demonstrate, display, express, show
His remarks betray an utter contempt for the truth (= are completely false).

conceal, hide
regard sb/sth with, treat sb/sth with
deserve, earn
I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.

contempt for
He has a deep contempt for racists.

beneath contempt
His treatment of his children is beneath contempt (= so bad it is not even worth feeling contempt for).

with contempt
She looked at him with barely disguised contempt.

civil, criminal

be held in
She was held in contempt for refusing to testify.

in contempt