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- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
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deserving of or viewed with contempt; disgraceful; dishonorable.
His abusive treatment of his elderly mother was contemptible.- synonyms:
- despicable, disgraceful, ignominious, miserable, shameful, vile, wretched
- antonyms:
- admirable
- similar words:
- base, currish, deplorable, grubby, ignoble, loathsome, lousy, mean, opprobrious, pitiable, pitiful, scurvy, shabby, sorry, worthless
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abject, dastardly, disgraceful, foul, grievous, infamous, low, odious, outrageous, pathetic, squalid, ugly, vicious |
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| derivations: |
contemptibly (adv.), contemptibleness (n.) |
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