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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...
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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...
- 23, 2015). "Tarantino Says He'll
Never Work w/
Spike Lee,
Calls Him
Contemptible + Says He Has 2 More
Films Before Retirement". IndieWire.
Archived from...
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powerful performance from
Anthony Hopkins. His
Hitler is mad,
often contemptible, but
always understandable. Part of the problem, perhaps, is that the...
- Privately, a
senior aide to the King
confided to his diary: "A more
contemptible, cowardly, selfish,
unfeeling dog does not exist ...
There have been...
