to be beneath contempt
1beneath contempt — Utterly despicable • • • Main Entry: ↑contempt * * * beneath contempt phrase if someone or something is beneath contempt, they are so bad or so unimportant that they do not deserve any attention Thesaurus: unimportantsynonym bad or of a low… …
2beneath contempt — ► beneath contempt utterly worthless or despicable. Main Entry: ↑contempt …
3beneath contempt — index blameworthy, loathsome, offensive (offending), paltry Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4beneath contempt — if someone or something is beneath contempt, they are so bad or so unimportant that they do not deserve any attention …
5beneath contempt — Synonyms and related words: abhorrent, abominable, arrant, atrocious, awful, base, beastly, beggarly, below contempt, blameworthy, brutal, cheap, cheesy, common, contemptible, crude, crummy, deplorable, despicable, detestable, dire, disgusting,… …
6beneath contempt — so low as to be unworthy even of contempt; disdainful …
7beneath contempt — utterly worthless or despicable. → contempt …
8contempt — ► NOUN 1) the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration. 2) (also contempt of court) the offence of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law. ● beneath contempt Cf. ↑beneath contempt ● hold in contempt… …
9contempt — noun 1 lack of respect ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, deep, great, open, outright, pure, utter, withering ▪ cold …
10contempt — con|tempt [kənˈtempt] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: contemptus, from contemnere to think of with contempt , from com ( COM ) + temnere to despise ] 1.) a feeling that someone or something is not important and deserves no respect… …
