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  • 111contentible — (de «contemptible») adj. Despreciable. * * * contentible. (Del ant. contemptible, y este del lat. contemptibĭlis). adj. p. us. Despreciable, de ninguna estimación …

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  • 112rat — I n. 1) the black; brown; water rat 2) (misc.) to smell a rat ( to suspect that the truth is not being told ); a dirty rat ( a contemptible person ) II v. (colloq.) (D; intr.) ( to inform ) to rat on * * * [ræt] brown water rat a dirty rat ( a… …

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  • 113contempt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of disdain Nouns 1. contempt, contemptuousness, disdain, scorn, despisal, contumely; detraction, disapprobation; derision, disrespect; defiance; arrogance (see insolence); ridicule, mockery; hoot …

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  • 114infamous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. shameful, abominable, disgraceful, unspeakable, contemptible; heinous, atrocious, base, discreditable. See improbity, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Bad] Syn. odious, nefarious, base, vile;… …

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  • 115lousy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., slang, see badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Infested with lice] Syn. lice ridden, lice infested, pediculous, pediculate, pedicular, hemipteroid, with lice; see also infested 2 . 2. [*Bad] Syn.… …

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  • 116low — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. deep (see lowness, depth); moderate, simple; inferior, lowdown, base, mean, coarse; soft, feeble; dejected, depressed. See moderation, inferiority, softness, depression.Ant., high, superior. II… …

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  • 117pitiful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) , adj. compassionate (See pity);deplorable, disreputable, pitiable, wretched; lamentable, piteous, paltry. See badness, contempt, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Affecting] Syn. pathetic, pitiable …

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  • 118rotten — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. decomposed, putrefied, putrid; unsound, treacherous; corrupt, dishonest; offensive, disgusting. See uncleanness, deterioration, badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having rotted] Syn. bad, rotting,… …

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  • 119shameful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. disgraceful, deplorable (see disrepute). II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Offensive] Syn. immodest, corrupt, immoral, intemperate, debauched, drunken, profligate, villainous, knavish, degraded, reprobate …

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  • 120vile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. base, debased, low, lowly, mean; repulsive, odious; foul, nasty; paltry; evil, villainous, corrupt, wicked, depraved. See badness, disrepute, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. despicable,… …

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