Contemptible
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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LOW
The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

SAD
Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness; "feeling sad because his dog had died"; "Better by far that you should forget and smile / Than that you should remember and be sad"- Christina Rossetti

BAD
Nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

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POKY
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

POOR
People without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance"

RANK
The body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

DIRE
Causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster"; "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions shook the city"; "a terrible curse"

FOUL
An act that violates the rules of a sport

HATE
The emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

VILE
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

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WORST
The weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of; "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"

SORRY
Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase"

NASTY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

SEAMY
Showing a seam

SMALL
The slender part of the back

PETTY
Larceny of property having a value less than some amount (the amount varies by locale)

GRAVE
A place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave"

GROSS
Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

LOUSY
Vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"

MANGY
Having many worn or threadbare spots in the nap; "a mangy carpet"; "a mangy old fur coat"

GAUDY
(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

FETID
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

CHEAP
Relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants"

CRUDE
A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

DIRTY
Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

AWFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

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WOEFUL
Affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier

SORDID
Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

TOOBAD
Deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"

TRASHY
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

SCUZZY

SHODDY
Reclaimed wool fiber

SHABBY
Showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"

SLEAZY
Of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

SCABBY
Covered with scabs

SCUMMY
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

SCURVY
A condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

ODIOUS
Unequivocally detestable; "abominable treatment of prisoners"; "detestable vices"; "execrable crimes"; "consequences odious to those you govern"- Edmund Burke

PALTRY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

MEASLY
Contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans"

LUMPEN
Mentally sluggish

FILTHY
Characterized by obscenity; "had a filthy mouth"; "foul language"; "smutty jokes"

LITTLE
(of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children"

HORDID

HORRID
Exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"

FOETID
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

CRUMMY
Of very poor quality; flimsy

COMMON
A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

CHEESY
Of very poor quality; flimsy

BRUTAL
Disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"

ABJECT
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

ARRANT
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

NOGOOD

ROTTEN
Having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness; "dead and rotten in his grave"

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UNCLEAN
Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

SQUALID
Foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"

OUTCAST
A person who is rejected (from society or home)

PITIFUL
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

OBSCENE
Designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead

SCRUFFY
Shabby and untidy; "a surge of ragged scruffy children"; "he was soiled and seedy and fragrant with gin"- Mark Twain

SCRUBBY
Inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees"

SCHLOCK
Merchandise that is shoddy or inferior

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NOISOME
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

NOXIOUS
Injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"

MIASMIC
Filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"

MIASMAL
Filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"

IGNOBLE
Not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"

HATEFUL
Evoking or deserving hatred; "no vice is universally as hateful as ingratitude"- Joseph Priestly

HIDEOUS
Grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror; "subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"

HINEOUS

HEINOUS
Extremely wicked, deeply criminal; "a flagitious crime"; "heinous accusations"

FULSOME
Unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent"; "oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments"

BEASTLY
In a beastly manner; "she behaved beastly toward her mother-in-law"

DEBASED
Ruined in character or quality

LOWDOWN

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WRETCHED
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

UNWORTHY
Lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness"

TRUMPERY
Ornamental objects of no great value

TERRIBLE
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

SHOCKING
Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid details of the accident"

SHAMEFUL
(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame; "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson; "an ignominious retreat"; "inglorious defeat"; "an opprobrious monument to human greed"; "a shameful display of cowardice"

STINKING
Offensively malodorous; "a foul odor"; "the kitchen smelled really funky"

INFERIOR
One of lesser rank or station or quality

PATHETIC
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

RUBBISHY
Cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise"

PITIABLE
Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"

MEPHITIC
Of noxious stench from atmospheric pollution

INFAMOUS
Known widely and usually unfavorably; "a notorious gangster"; "the tenderloin district was notorious for vice"; "the infamous Benedict Arnold";

FLAGRANT
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

HORRIBLE
Provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound"

GRIEVOUS
Causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss"; "a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter"

BEGGARLY
(used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt

DEGRADED
Unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

DREADFUL
Exceptionally bad or displeasing; "atrocious taste"; "abominable workmanship"; "an awful voice"; "dreadful manners"; "a painful performance"; "terrible handwriting"; "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room"

ENORMOUS
Extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; "an enormous boulder"; "enormous expenses"; "tremendous sweeping plains"; "a tremendous fact in human experience; that a whole civilization should be dependent on technology"- Walter Lippman; "a plane took off with a tremendous noise"

DEPRAVED
Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

DERISORY
Incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"