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KEY: Contemptible.
SYN: despicable, mean, vile, pitiful, disreputable, paltry, trifling, trivial.
ANT: Important, grave, weighty, honorable, respectable, venerable.
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KEY: Contemptuous, [See SUPERCILIOUS].
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KEY: Contend.
SYN: Strive, compete, cope, dispute, vie, contest, struggle, grapple, argue, maintain, disagree, wrangle.
ANT: Resign, concede, allow, relinquish, forego, surrender, waive.