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1 Contemptible -- rank: 1000

Contemptible definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CONTEMPTIBLE, a. [L.] 1. Worthy of contempt; that deserves scorn, or disdain; despicable; mean; vile. Intemperance is a contemptible vice. No plant or animal is so contemptible as not to exhibit evidence of the wonderful power and ... the Creator. The pride that leads to dueling is a contemptible passion. 2. Apt to despise; contemptuous. [Not legitimate.] WordNet (r ... obsolete scornful, contemptuous • contemptibility noun • contemptibleness noun • contemptibly adverb Synonyms: contemptible, despicable, pitiable, sorry, scurvy mean arousing or deserving scorn. ...

2 Despicable -- rank: 622

... to look.] That may be or deserves to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; applicable equally to persons and things; as ... obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation < despicable behavior > Synonyms: see contemptible • despicableness noun • despicably adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. vile; contemptible, esp. morally. Derivatives: despicably adv. Etymology: LL despicabilis f. despicari ... to despicere. See Despise.] Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift. Syn: Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry; sordid; low; base. See Contemptible. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If you say that a ...

3 Scurvy -- rank: 622

... scabby; diseased with scurvy. 2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; worthless; contemptible; as a scurvy fellow. He spoke scurvy and provoking terms ... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low ... II. adjective Etymology: scurf Date: 1579 arousing disgust or scorn ; contemptible, despicable < a scurvy trick > Synonyms: see contemptible • scurvily adverb • scurviness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & adj. --n ... formerly affecting sailors. --adj. (scurvier, scurviest) paltry, low, mean, dishonourable, contemptible. Phrases and idioms: scurvy grass any cresslike seaside plant of ... scabbed.'' --lev. xxi. 18, 20. 2. Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible. ``A scurvy trick.'' --Ld. Lytton. That scurvy custom of ...

4 Mean -- rank: 588

... To save my life by changing of my love? 3. Contemptible; despicable. The Roman legions and great Caesar found Our fathers ... or status < mean city streets > b. worthy of little regard ; contemptible — often used in negative constructions as a term of praise ... little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable. The Roman legions and great C[ae]sar found ... vile; servile; menial; spiritless; groveling; slavish; dishonorable; disgraceful; shameful; despicable; contemptible; paltry; sordid. See Base. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mean Mean ... ordinary, common, vulgar, coarse, humble. 4. Base, abject, grovelling, vile, contemptible, despicable, servile, beggarly, sneaking, dirty, scurvy, shabby, sorry, disingenuous, unfair ... parsimonious. 6. Small, little, paltry, insignificant, diminutive, petty, poor, wretched, contemptible, despicable. II. n. 1. Medium, mediocrity, moderation, measure, middle ...

5 Contemptuous -- rank: 551

... Syn: Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious; insulting; contumelious. Usage: Contemptuous, Contemptible. These words, from their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously ... interchanged, as when a person speaks of having ``a very contemptible opinion of another.'' Contemptible is applied to that which is the object of contempt; as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow. Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates ... expression, a feeling, an opinion, may be either contemptuous or contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not be contemptuous. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ...

6 Pitiful -- rank: 551

... 2. To be pitied for its littleness or meanness; paltry; contemptible; despicable. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition ... pitifulness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 causing pity. 2 contemptible. 3 archaic compassionate. Derivatives: pitifully adv. pitifulness n. Webster's ... 3. To be pitied for littleness or meanness; miserable; paltry; contemptible; despicable. That's villainous, and shows a most pitiful ambition ... fool that uses it. --Shak. Syn: Despicable; mean; paltry. See Contemptible. -- Pit"i*ful*ly, adv. -- Pit"i*ful*ness, n ... lamentable. 3. Mean, base, vile, low, paltry, sorry, abject, rascally, contemptible, despicable, insignificant, worthless. Moby Thesaurus abominable, affecting, arrant, atrocious, awful ... beggarly, beneath contempt, beneath one, blameworthy, brutal, cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, crummy, debasing, degrading, demeaning, deplorable, despicable, detestable, dire, disgraceful, ...

7 Paltry -- rank: 508

... donation > • paltriness noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. (paltrier, paltriest) worthless, contemptible, trifling. Derivatives: paltriness n. Etymology: 16th c.: f. paltry trash ... Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.] Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. --Cowper. The ... paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. --Byron. Syn: See Contemptible. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary A paltry amount of money or ... 2. Base, vile, abject, grovelling, low, mean, beggarly, pitiful, despicable, contemptible, worthless, shabby, shuffling, shifty. Moby Thesaurus Lenten, Mickey Mouse, Spartan ... austere, base, beggarly, beneath contempt, borne, cheap, cheesy, coarse, common, contemptible, crummy, debased, degraded, depraved, despicable, dirty, disgusting, dwarfed, dwarfish, execrable ...

8 Wretched -- rank: 508

... wretched poem; a wretched cabin. 4. Despicable; hatefully vile and contemptible. He was guilty of wretched ingratitude. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... wretched accident > 3. a. being or appearing mean, miserable, or contemptible < dressed in wretched old clothes > b. very poor in quality ... unhappy or miserable. 2 of bad quality or no merit; contemptible. 3 unsatisfactory or displeasing. Phrases and idioms: feel wretched 1 ... sorrowful. 3. Bad, poor, vile, sorry, shabby, pitiful, worthless, paltry, contemptible, mean. Moby Thesaurus abject, abominable, adverse, affecting, afflicted, afflictive, antagonistic ... bitter, blameworthy, bleak, brutal, cheap, cheerless, cheesy, comfortless, common, conflicting, contemptible, contrary, counter, counteractive, crummy, crushed, cut up, debased, deep-troubled ...

9 Insect -- rank: 508

... of the Linnean class Vermes. 2. Any thing small or contemptible. IN'SECT, a. Small; mean; contemptible. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small air-breathing ... one or two pairs of wings 2. a trivial or contemptible person • insect adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 a any ... any other small segmented invertebrate animal. 2 an insignificant or contemptible person or creature. Derivatives: insectile adj. Etymology: L insectum (animal ... to various small invertebrates. 4. Fig.: Any small, trivial, or contemptible person or thing. --Thomson. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (insects) An ...

10 Scorn -- rank: 508

... to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible. They laughed us to scorn. Nehemiah 2. SCORN, v.t ... 3. an object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision ; something contemptible II. verb Date: 13th century transitive verb to treat with scorn ; reject or dismiss as contemptible or unworthy < scorned local traditions > < scorned to reply to the ... shall never taste. --Milton. We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. --C. J. Smith. 2. To treat with extreme ... to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible. Syn: Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery. Collin ...

11 Insignificant -- rank: 454

... effect; as insignificant rites. 3. Without weight of character; mean; contemptible; as an insignificant being or fellow. INSIGNIF'ICANT, n. An ... not worth considering ; unimportant c. lacking weight, position, or influence ; contemptible d. small in size, quantity, or number • insignificantly adverb Oxford ... Wilkins. 3. Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person. Syn: Unimportant; immaterial; inconsiderable; small; inferior; trivial; mean; contemptible. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Something that is insignificant is unimportant ...

12 Lousy -- rank: 454

... 1. Swarming with lice; infested with lice. 2. Mean; low; contemptible; as a lousy knave. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj ... 14th century 1. infested with lice 2. a. totally repulsive ; contemptible b. miserably poor or inferior < got lousy grades > c. somewhat ... Lousy Lous"y, a. 1. Infested with lice. 2. Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (lousier, lousiest ... atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, beneath contempt, beset, blameworthy, brutal, contemptible, deplorable, despicable, detestable, dire, dirty, disgusting, dreadful, egregious, enormous, fetid ...

13 miserable -- rank: 454

... pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched] 3: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low ... wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable (felt miserable; a miserable hovel). 2 contemptible, mean. 3 causing wretchedness or discomfort (miserable weather). 4 Sc ... valueless, very poor (in quality). 4. Low, mean, abject, despicable, contemptible, worthless. Moby Thesaurus abject, abominable, adverse, afflicted, antagonistic, arrant, atrocious ... bad, base, beggarly, beneath contempt, cheap, cheerless, cheesy, common, conflicting, contemptible, contrary, counter, counteractive, crummy, crushed, cut up, debased, deep-troubled ...

14 Abject -- rank: 454

... WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low ... Mean; groveling; cringing; mean-spirited; slavish; ignoble; worthless; vile; beggarly; contemptible; degraded. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Abject Ab*ject", v. t ... Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Base, vile, mean, low, despicable, contemptible, beggarly, paltry, dirty, squalid, grovelling, pitiful, ignoble, degraded, worthless, poor ... backscratching, base, beggarly, bootlicking, cheesy, complaisant, compliable, compliant, complying, consenting, contemptible, contrite, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, crummy, debased, degraded, depraved, despicable ...

15 Cheap -- rank: 454

... of inferior quality or worth ; tawdry, sleazy < cheap workmanship > b. contemptible because of lack of any fine, lofty, or redeeming qualities ... hence of little worth (cheap popularity; a cheap joke). b contemptible; despicable (a cheap criminal). --adv. cheaply (got it cheap). Phrases ... quality. dirt cheap very cheap. feel cheap feel ashamed or contemptible. on the cheap cheaply. Derivatives: cheapish adj. cheaply adv. cheapness ... brummagem, budget, cheapjack, cheaply, cheesy, chintzy, close, closefisted, coarse, common, contemptible, crummy, debasing, degrading, demeaning, deplorable, despicable, disgraceful, easily, easy, economic ...