contemptible
adjectiveDeserving scorn or strong disapproval.
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Clear all filtersDeserving scorn or strong disapproval.
Showing that someone or something is regarded as unworthy of respect.
To compete or struggle against difficulty or opposition.
Compete or struggle
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A claim or position advanced in an argument; also disagreement.
Likely to cause disagreement, or inclined to argue.
Likely to provoke disagreement
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An event or condition that might occur and may require a response.
Dependent on a condition being met.
To say the opposite of a statement or to be inconsistent with it.
Expressing or involving claims that oppose one another and cannot both hold in the same sense.
Feeling or showing sincere remorse.
One word family: also includes contrition.
To devise or arrange something through planning or ingenuity.
Artificial or forced rather than natural.
A difficult or puzzling problem.
To come together for a meeting.
Following established practices or commonly accepted ideas.
The beliefs or judgments that are widely accepted about a subject.
To move toward or meet at a common point.
To exchange thoughts or information through conversation.
A firmly held belief.
Friendly, lively, and enjoyable in company.
To twist or coil together; figuratively, to make tangled or complicated.
Twist or coil together
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Complicated and difficult to follow.
Complicated and hard to follow
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Warm, polite, and friendly.
Warmly polite
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A conclusion or result that follows naturally or logically from something else.
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