A detective is the lowest, meanest and most contemptible thing that either creeps or crawls, a thing to loathe and despise...
en.wikipedia.org The most wonderful things are brought about in many instances by means the most absurd and ridiculous; in the most ridiculous modes; and apparently, by the most contemptible instruments.
en.wikipedia.org The baekjeong were seen as a contemptible and polluted people that others feared and avoided meeting.
en.wikipedia.org In this case, the young, witty, and well-bred male character, who dominates the drawing rooms, is in sharp contrast to a contemptible debauch, who indulges in fornication, alcoholism, and hypocrisy.
en.wikipedia.org This sense of imaginary superiority is the parent of high qualities, and prevents the possessor very often from indulging mean and contemptible propensities.
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