| Main Entry: |
contemptible |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
despicable, shameful |
Synonyms: |
abhorrent,
abject,
abominable,
bad,
base, beggarly,
cheap,
crass, currish,
degenerate, despisable,
detestable,
dirty,
disgusting,
hateful, heel,
ignoble,
ignominious,
inferior,
low, low-down, lowest,
mean,
odious,
outcast,
paltry, pitiable,
pitiful,
poor,
sad, scummy, scurvy,
shabby,
sordid,
sorry*, swinish,
unworthy,
vile,
worthless,
wretched
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| Notes: |
contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order' |
Antonyms: |
admirable, admired, good, honorable, loved, respectable, worthy
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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