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General French's
contemptible little army". Hence, in
later years, the
survivors of the
regular army
dubbed themselves "The Old
Contemptibles". No evidence...
- 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...
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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...
- Look up contempt or
contemptible in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Contempt is an
intense feeling or
attitude of
regarding someone or
something as inferior...
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value or quality,
trivial and
usually boastful or
inaccurate talk or a
contemptible person. It
could also be used to
refer to any
other noun in
general or...
- and to show off the
undaunted morale of the Marathas,
Rajaram issued contemptible bounties which were
deliberately exiguous to his
generals for capturing...
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favoured by us,
above any
other subject of this land,
would have in so
contemptible a sort
broken our
commandment in a
cause that so
greatly touches us in...
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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...
- Main Office.
Observers of the
trial found the
defendants mediocre and
contemptible.
Although the list of
defendants was
finalized on 29 August, as late...
- '****' 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...
