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Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

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  1. a. Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.
  2. a. Despised; scorned; neglected; abject.
  3. a. Insolent; scornful; contemptuous.
  4. adj. deserving of contempt or scorn
  5. j:100 a. deserving of contempt or scorn