-
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...
- '****' 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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
- Privately, a
senior aide to the King
confided to his diary: "A more
contemptible, cowardly, selfish,
unfeeling dog does not exist ...
There have been...
- BBS, demosceners, and
online gaming users to
anyone perceived to be
contemptible. In general, the term has come to
describe someone who is
willfully ignorant...
- way to
refer to a woman".
Random House defines it as "a de****able,
contemptible or
foolish man". Some
feminists of the 1970s
sought to
eliminate disparaging...
