Read full poem →species of those exploded beings could have done much; and when they are
brought together, they only make each other contemptible. To Tickell,
however, cannot be refused a high place among the minor poets; nor should
Dictionary Entry
Deserving contempt
Origin
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Common Phrases
. contemptiblelittle contemptible
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “contemptible”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →As the air to a bird, or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the
contemptible.