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:

It was still there, but the definition had been cleansed of its contemptible meaning and made tolerably benign.
Rocker isn't insane; he's a contemptible (albeit despicable) racist.
"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.
Blumenthal's contemptible insinuations are a reminder that there is nearly always something provincial and self-serving about the response of American intellectuals to Whittaker Chambers."
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.