Words similar to contemptible

Example sentences for: contemptible

How can you use “contemptible” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

If gambling were the grim scourge portrayed by its opponents, it would not have gone from a contemptible vice to an innocent diversion in a single generation.
It was still there, but the definition had been cleansed of its contemptible meaning and made tolerably benign.
George Will, in the LAT , Michael Kelly in the WP , a NYT op-ed by a law professor and the Post 's lead editorial all question whether such laws further the cause of tolerance and suggest that they represent a threat to the sanctity of prote cted, even if contemptible, personal thought and speech.
"Clinton's behavior has been contemptible throughout, from his initial offences, to his legalistic evasions, to his unbearably mawkish and snivelling apologies," the paper said.
I think he means "contemptible," but you get the idea.