Results for contemptible
Definitions of contemptible:
part of speech: noun
Contemptibleness.
part of speech: adjective
Worthy of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.
part of speech: adverb
Contemptibly.
Usage examples for contemptible:
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Of this individual she had the most contemptible opinion.
"The Late Mrs. Null", Frank Richard Stockton -
He ought to be cursed for his contemptible selfishness in bringing so much suffering upon the race!
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Writing to Mrs. Inchbald, he says:- Maria has one great disadvantage in this house- she has eight or nine auditors who are no contemptible judges of literature, to whom she reads whatever she intends to publish.
"Maria Edgeworth", Helen Zimmern -
When will you cast out of your soul all that is contemptible and base?
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers