contemptible
English
Alternative forms
- contemptable
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin contemptibilis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kənˈtɛmptəbəl/
Adjective
contemptible (comparative more contemptible, superlative most contemptible)
- deserving contempt
- 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: A Novel. In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for T[homas] Egerton, […], OCLC 39810224, page 2:
- Miss Ward's match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible: Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield […]
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Synonyms
- despicable
- disdainable
- hateworthy
- See also Thesaurus:despicable
Antonyms
- respectable
- venerable
Translations
deserving contempt
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