All 6 Uses
contemptible
in
The Lords of Discipline
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- I am a member-in-good-standingof that contemptible race and I cannot help it.†
Chpt 1.11 *contemptible = deserving no respect (worthless or of bad quality)
- As I waited in the marsh grass, the other plebes seemed repugnant to me, odious and contemptible.†
Chpt 2.16
- You, of course, could not help the accident that selected you as a member of this contemptible race, but you must understand the significance of the fact and you must try to comprehend how the cards are stacked against you.†
Chpt 3.27
- They actually consider me a contemptible bigot, Mr. McLean.†
Chpt 3.27
- I don't think you're a contemptible bigot, sir.†
Chpt 3.27
- I only wish Cromwell had been less lenient and humane in his dealings with these pitiful, contemptible brutes.†
Chpt 4.34
Definitions:
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(1)
(contemptible) very bad (deserving no respect)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)