The phrase "pure contempt" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a strong feeling or emotion of disdain or disrespect towards someone or something. Example: The politician's actions were met with pure contempt from the public, who saw them as nothing but deceitful and self-serving.
She turns her head slowly and freezes him with a look of pure contempt.
In his own witticisms, he now hears echoes of the "pure contempt" of his father's mocking humor.
There were those two women in Union Square, coming from the farmers' market apparently, who stood in the middle of a crosswalk and stared at me with pure contempt, but there could have been others — bike riders, maybe — even more scornful.
Those faces contorted in weird mirth are the grotesque masks of a great and historic crime, deriding not just their political opponents but mocking the future with that pure contempt of power, daring us to remember beyond the next news cycle, to care beyond the next confected outrage, to see past the next lie.
The offshoot: an eruption of pure contempt for members of the governing class.
The pardon was a sign of pure contempt for every American who believes in justice, human dignity and the rule of law," the editorial board wrote.
Gluttons for ridicule might consider promoting the emotional consistency of Alex Ferguson but anyone seeking the purest contempt need only offer a word in defence of Celtic and Rangers, who appear to be among the most hated football clubs in the land.
But this time, for the moment, the pity was pure, untainted by contempt or disgust.
Such high levels of misogyny could also be verified, in Brazil, in anti-Rousseff speeches, especially through memes and media coverage about her that distilled the purest hatred or contempt for the female figure.
With one exception, the male Voyseys are so ridiculously confident they make contempt a pure joy.
This lack of interest does not stem from pure selfishness or unalloyed contempt for other people's offspring.
