Contemptuous vs Reprehensible - What's the difference?
contemptuous | reprehensible |
Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Blameworthy, censurable, guilty.
Deserving of reprehension.
* 1998 , Greg Morrow and Dylan Verheul, ''
As adjectives the difference between contemptuous and reprehensible
is that contemptuous is showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect while reprehensible is reprehensible.contemptuous
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(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
Derived terms
* contemptuouslyreprehensible
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(en adjective)The Sandman Annotations, Sandman 14
- Scarlett O’Hara was the heroine of the novel/movie Gone with the Wind'' and the reprehensible sequel ''Scarlett .