Contemptible
Contemptible adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.
Indefensible and contemptible are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Indefensible" instead an adjective "Contemptible".
Indefensible
Indefensible adjective - Too bad to be excused or justified.
Usage example: the city's lack of preparedness for a major natural disaster was utterly indefensible
Contemptible and indefensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contemptible" instead an adjective "Indefensible".
Nearby Words: indefensibly, indefensibility
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and contemptible
- poor and indefensible
- despicable and contemptible
- despicable and indefensible
- shameful and contemptible
- shameful and indefensible
- outrageous and contemptible
- outrageous and indefensible
- disgraceful and contemptible
- disgraceful and indefensible
- evil and contemptible
- evil and indefensible
- bad and contemptible
- bad and indefensible
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