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Contemptibleness
Contemptibleness Con*tempt"i*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised.

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- In colloquial usage, contempt usually refers to either the act of despising, or having a general lack of respect for something. This set of emotions generally...
- General French's contemptible little army". Hence, in later years, the survivors of the regular army dubbed themselves "The Old Contemptibles". No evidence...
- Look up contemptĀ or contemptible in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contempt is an intense feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior...
- '****' as well as a pejorative term used to refer to a de****able or contemptible individual. It is generally considered offensive, though in the past...
- pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable person. The word came into the English language from Yiddish...
- person (regardless of gender) in the United Kingdom and Ireland, or a contemptible man in Australia and New Zealand. In Australia and New Zealand, it can...
- BBS, demosceners, and online gaming users to anyone perceived to be contemptible. In general, the term has come to describe someone who is willfully ignorant...
- the Western Front in Lorraine & Alsace at Battlefields Europe 'That Contemptible Little Army' by E. Alexander Powell. The British Army Seen by an American...
- Francis Davis, have criticized his treatment of women, describing it as "contemptible". Grammy Awards Miles Davis won eight Grammy Awards and received thirty-two...
- critic Peter Crawley: "Whipp does a marvellous job of being likeably contemptible". Billington, Michael (17 September 2015). "F*ck the Polar Bears review...