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Contemptibility

The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness.

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Despicable 74% connected

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

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Despicable 74% connected

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

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Baseness 92% connected

The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.

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Despicability 92% connected

Despicableness.

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Despicableness 92% connected

The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.

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Sordidness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sordid.

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orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"

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Bawbling adjective · 78% connection

Insignificant; contemptible.

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Beggarly adjective · 78% connection

In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.

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Bloody adjective · 78% connection

Infamous; contemptible; -- variously used for mere emphasis or as a low epithet.

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Bosh noun · 78% connection

Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contemptible, contemptibleness.
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Carrion noun · 78% connection

A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.

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Contemptibleness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised.

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Contemptibly adverb · 78% connection

In a contemptible manner.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contemptible, contemptibleness.
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Criticaster noun · 78% connection

A contemptible or vicious critic.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contemptible, contemptibleness.
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Dandyling noun · 78% connection

A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contemptible, contemptibleness.
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Despisable adjective · 78% connection

Despicable; contemptible.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contemptible, contemptibleness.
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Detest verb · 78% connection

To hate intensely; to abhor; to abominate; to loathe; as, we detest what is contemptible or evil.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contemptible, contemptibleness.
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Fig noun · 78% connection

To put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible.

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