Thesaurus / contemptible
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Lawmakers, in his telling, are now The Other—and thus just as contemptible as his billionaire pals.
ONE VERY BIG PROBLEM WITH THE DEMOCRATS' BILLIONAIRES TAXPHILIP ELLIOTTOCTOBER 27, 2021TIMEIgnoring the differences between democracies governed by the rule of law and contemptible organizations that engage in terrorism at best discredits one’s intended argument and at worst reflects deep-seated prejudice.
REP. ILHAN OMAR CLARIFIES TWEET GROUPING U.S., ISRAEL WITH HAMAS, TALIBAN AFTER CRITICISM FROM JEWISH DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERSCOLBY ITKOWITZ, SEAN SULLIVANJUNE 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe real cost, the real burden in this iniquitous, contemptible system is the legion of skimmers and coasters led by the devious do-nothing NCAA president Mark Emmert and his board of governors cronies.
THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON NCAA SPORTS WEARS WINGTIPS, NOT SNEAKERSSALLY JENKINSAPRIL 2, 2021WASHINGTON POSTI should be ashamed to show my face at Heaven's gates and say I came from such a contemptible planet.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDMy hero of yesterday, the hero of the glorious struggle of the People,—how contemptible he has proved himself, how cravenly small!
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANIt is enough if the defendant induces an ill opinion to be held of the plaintiff, or to make him contemptible or ridiculous.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLESBehold I have made thee small among the nations: thou art exceeding contemptible.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSSelby was one who felt more or less of shame at the contemptible part he was expected to play.
HUNTED AND HARRIEDR.M. BALLANTYNEI have not wanted friends, even among strangers, who have defended me more strongly, than my contemptible pedant could attack me.
THE WORKS OF JOHN DRYDEN, VOLUME 4 (OF 18)JOHN DRYDENWhat can there be contemptible in automatic machines capable of producing such desirable effects?
SUPERSTITION IN ALL AGES (1732)JEAN MESLIERWORDS RELATED TO CONTEMPTIBLE
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- arousing
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
- badly dressed
- badly worn
- battered
- broken
- contemptible
- crude
- desultory
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disorganized
- down-at-the-heel
- fragmented
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- frazzled
- full of holes
- in holes
- in rags
- in tatters
- irregular
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- mean
- moth-eaten
- notched
- patched
- poor
- poorly made
- rent
- rough
- rugged
- scraggy
- seedy
- serrated
- shabby
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- shoddy
- shredded
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- torn
- uneven
- unfinished
- unkempt
- unpressed
- worse for wear
- amiss
- base
- below par
- bruised
- bum
- contemptible
- crummy
- defective
- deplorable
- dirty
- disagreeable
- disappointing
- diseased
- displeasing
- dissatisfactory
- filthy
- impaired
- inadequate
- injured
- lousy
- low-grade
- mean
- nasty
- poor
- punk
- regrettable
- rough
- scurrilous
- shaky
- sorry
- sour
- substandard
- unacceptable
- unfortunate
- unhappy
- unlucky
- unpleasant
- unsatisfactory
- unsound
- vile
- wasted
- wicked
- withering
- wrong
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- arousing
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- poor
- rueful
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
- base
- carnal
- contemptible
- corrupt
- dastardly
- debauched
- degrading
- diabolical
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- drunken
- embarrassing
- flagrant
- heinous
- humiliating
- ignominious
- immodest
- immoral
- impure
- indecent
- infamous
- intemperate
- lewd
- low
- mean
- mortifying
- notorious
- obscene
- opprobrious
- outrageous
- profligate
- reprehensible
- reprobate
- ribald
- scandalous
- shaming
- shocking
- sinful
- unbecoming
- unclean
- unworthy
- vile
- villainous
- vulgar
- wicked
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