Synonyms for Contemptible

Synonyms for "contemptible" (153 found)

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Closest matches (31)

abhorrent abject abominable arrant atrocious awful bad base beastly beggarlybelow contemptbeneath contemptblameworthy brutal cheap cheesy common crude crummy debased

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degraded deplorable depraved despicable detestable dire dirty disgraceful disgusting

Adjective(2 words)

base despicable

Strong matches (46)

dishonorable disreputable dreadful egregious enormous execrable fetid filthy flagrant forbidding foul fulsome gaudy gimcracky grave grievous gross hate hateful heinous

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hideous horrible horrid ignoble ignominious infamous inferior lamentable little loathsome lousy lowlow downlow-down lumpen malodorous mangy mean measly mephitic meretricious miasmal miasmic

Adjective(1 words)

insignificant

Adjective(2 words)

low mean

Related words (76)

miserable monstrous nasty nauseating nefarious noisome notorious noxious objectionable obnoxious obscene odious offensive outcast outrageous paltry pathetic petty pitiable pitiful

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Adjective(4 words)

odious reprehensible shabby villainous

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

1 entries

moral judgment

More specific

4 entries

despicable actlow standardreprehensible lieshoddy work

Collocations

6 entries

contemptible actcontemptible behaviorcontemptible conductcontemptible cowardcontemptible liecontemptible person

Inflections

2 entries

more contemptiblemost contemptible

Derivations

2 entries

contemptibility contemptibly

Antonyms

1 entries

estimable

similar

13 entries

abject bastardly ignoble low low-down mean miserable pathetic pitiable pitiful scummy scurvy unworthy

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A man who smacks his wife around is contemptible.

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When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

Source: tatoeba (714844)

Nothing is more contemptible than respect that is based on fear.

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Nothing is more contemptible than respect based on fear.

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