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contemptibility

American  
[kuhn-temp-tuh-bil-i-tee] / kənˌtɛmp təˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

  1. the fact, quality, or state of being contemptible.


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The film cannot afford to depict Kelly in all her contemptibility, because a villain of Roger Ailes’ caliber requires an equal and opposite hero.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 10, 2019

The best TV villains are the ones that walk the fine line between contemptibility and lovability.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2012

Such a buffet of contemptibility can work--see Curb Your Enthusiasm--with a good, mature cast.

From Time Magazine Archive

To do so would be to see the mean contemptibility of it.

From Quiet Talks on Prayer by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon

I lived in a panic, lest I should be suspected of shamming contemptibility.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

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