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[skuhm-ee] 
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contemptible
[kuhn-temp-tuh-buhl]
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| 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: | filthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, polluted |
| Synonyms: | begrimed, black, blackened, cruddy, crummy, disheveled, fecal, feculent, foul, grimy, gross*, grubby, grungy, impure, loathsome, miry, mucky, muddy, nasty, obscene, offensive, putrid, repulsive, revolting, scummy, sleazy, slimy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, smoky, soiled, soily, sooty, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, unkempt, unwashed, verminous, vile, yecchy |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sterile, unpolluted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foamy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bubbly |
| Synonyms: | barmy, boiling, burbling, carbonated, creamy, ebullient, effervescent, fermented, fizzy, frothy, lathery, scummy, seething, simmering, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, yeasty |
| Antonyms: | flat |
| Main Entry: | grungy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty and unkempt |
| Synonyms: | cruddy, dilapidated, disgusting, disheveled, filthy, flimsy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, messy, nasty, offensive, repellent, revolting, rundown, scummy, scuzzy, shoddy, slimy, sloppy, trashy, unclean, unwashed, vile, wretched |
| Main Entry: | shabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable |
| Synonyms: | beggarly, cheap, contemptible, despisable, dirty, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, ignoble, ignominious, inconsiderate, inglorious, low, low-down, mean, mercenary, miserly, rotten, scummy, selfish, shady, shameful, shoddy, sordid, sorry, stingy, thoughtless, unkind, unworthy |
| Antonyms: | honorable, respectable |
| Main Entry: | slimy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oozy, gooey |
| Synonyms: | clammy, glutinous, miry, mucky, mucous, muculent, muddy, scummy, viscous, yukky |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | sorry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | despicable, pathetic |
| Synonyms: | abject, base, beggarly, cheap, contemptible, deplorable, despisable, disgraceful, dismal, distressing, inadequate, insignificant, mean, miserable, paltry, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, sad, scruffy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shoddy, small, trifling, trivial, unimportant, vile, worthless, wretched |
| Antonyms: | good, hopeful, nice |
| Main Entry: | lathery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | foamy |
| Synonyms: | barmy, boiling, burbling, carbonated, creamy, ebullient, effervescent, fermented, fizzy, frothy, scummy, seething, simmering, spumescent, spumous, spumy, sudsy, yeasty |
| Main Entry: | miry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slimy |
| Synonyms: | clammy, glutinous, mucky, mucous, muculent, muddy, oozy, scummy, sludgy, slushy, viscous, yukky |
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