Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable, shameful |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, currish, degenerate, despisable, detestable, dirty, disgusting, hateful, heel, ignoble, ignominious, inferior, low, low-down, lowest, mean, odious, outcast, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sad, scummy, scurvy, shabby, sordid, sorry*, swinish, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched |
| Notes: | contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order' |
| Antonyms: | admirable, admired, good, honorable, loved, respectable, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abominable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awful, detestable |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, atrocious, awful, bad, base, beastly, contemptible, cursed, despicable, disgusting, foul, grim, grody, gross*, hairy*, hateful, heinous, hellish, horrible, horrid, loathsome, lousy, nauseating, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sleazy*, stinking, terrible, vile, wretched |
| Antonyms: | alluring, appealing, delightful, desirable, enjoyable, likeable, lovable, pleasant, sweet, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, low |
| Synonyms: | abject, abominable, cheap, coarse, common, contemptible, corrupt, depraved, despicable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, foul, grovelling, humble, ignoble, immoral, indelicate, loathsome, lowly, mean, menial, offensive, paltry, pitiful, plebeian, poor, scandalous, servile, shameful, shoddy, sleazy, sordid, sorry, squalid, trashy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched |
| Antonyms: | good, honest, moral, noble |
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | low, vulgar |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, beggarly, contemptible, despicable, dirty, dishonest, mean, pitiable, scurvy, shabby, sordid, sorry, tawdry, vile |
| Notes: | cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Antonyms: | sophisticated, superior, upper |
| Main Entry: | crummy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lousy |
| Synonyms: | cheap, contemptible, crappy*, grotty, inferior, miserable, pathetic, poor, rotten, second-rate, shabby, sub-par, third-rate, useless, worthless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dastardly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rotten |
| Synonyms: | base, contemptible, cowardly, craven, despicable, low, mean, pusillanimous, underhanded, vile |
| Main Entry: | despicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful; beyond contempt |
| Synonyms: | abject, awful, base, beastly, cheap, contemptible, degrading, detestable, dirty, disgraceful, disreputable, down, ignominious, infamous, insignificant, loathsome, low, low-life, mean, no-good, pitiful, reprehensible, shameful, slimy*, sordid, vile, worthless, wretched |
| Antonyms: | desirous, honorable, likeable, loveable, respectable, virtuous, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obscene, pornographic |
| Synonyms: | base, blue, coarse, contemptible, despicable, filthy, immoral, impure, indecent, lewd, low, mean, nasty, off-color, ribald, risqué, salacious, scatological, scurvy, smutty, sordid, squalid, unchaste, unclean, uncleanly, vile, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, upright |
| Main Entry: | disgraceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shameful, low |
| Synonyms: | blameworthy, contemptible, degrading, detestable, discreditable, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, mean, offensive, opprobrious, scandalous, shabby, shady, shocking, shoddy, unrespectable, unworthy |
| Antonyms: | exalted, honorable, respectable |
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