Defenition of the word contemptible

• Defenition of the word contemptible

  • Deserving of contempt or scorn.
  • deserving of contempt or scorn
  • worthy only of being despised and rejected; "a contemptible lack of courage"; "A little, wretched, despicable creature, a worm, a mere nothing...that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth"- Jonathan Edwards

Synonyms for the word contemptible

• • despicable
  • disgraceful
  • disreputable
  • distasteful
  • loathsome
  • shameful

Similar words in the contemptible

• • abject
  • contemptible
  • ignoble
  • low
  • low-down
  • miserable
  • pathetic
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • scummy
  • scurvy
  • unworthy

Antonyms for the word contemptible

• • estimable

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