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contemptible
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con·tempt·i·ble
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tə
bəl
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adjective
1.
deserving of or held in
contempt
; despicable.
2.
Obsolete
,
contemptuous
.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
(<
Middle French
) <
Late Latin
contemptibilis,
equivalent to
contempt
(
us
) (see
contempt
) +
-ibilis
-ible
Related forms
con·tempt·i·bil·i·ty,
con·tempt·i·ble·ness,
noun
con·tempt·i·bly,
adverb
non·con·tempt·i·bil·i·ty,
noun
non·con·tempt·i·ble,
adjective
non·con·tempt·i·ble·ness,
noun
non·con·tempt·i·b·ly,
adverb
un·con·tempt·i·bil·i·ty,
noun
un·con·tempt·i·ble,
adjective
un·con·tempt·i·ble·ness,
noun
un·con·tempt·i·b·ly,
adverb
Can be confused:
contemptible,
contemptuous
.
Synonyms
1.
mean, abject, low, base.
Antonyms
1.
admirable.
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World English Dictionary
contemptible
(kənˈtɛmptəb
ə
l)
—
adj
deserving or worthy of contempt; despicable
contempti'bility
—
n
con'temptibleness
—
n
con'temptibly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
contemptible
late 14c., from L. contemptibilis, from contempt-, pp. stem of contemnere (see
contempt
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Disgust and contempt motivate and sustain the low ranking of things, people,
and actions deemed disgusting and
contemptible
.
It is all a
contemptible
fraud that has gone on for decades.
It makes him feel that all that does not renovate society from his point of
view is frivolous and
contemptible
.
When you do this, you spoil it of everything sublime, and it immediately
becomes
contemptible
.
People must be taught that the
contemptible
verbiage currently in vogue is not acceptable for any public venue.
We have contempt of court, whether or not it is
contemptible
is not in question.
No charge was too false, unscrupulous,
contemptible
or mean but that these vampires hurled at him.
Theater critics across the country have described your work as
contemptible
, shoddy, appalling.
Back to the topic at hand: to start multiple wars and then pretend that they don't need to be budgeted for is
contemptible
.
Militarism is the great preserver of our ideals of hardihood, and human life with no use for hardihood would be
contemptible
.
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