contemptible

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈtɛmptəbəl/, SAMPA: /k@n"tEmpt@b@l/

Adjective

contemptible (comparative more contemptible, superlative most contemptible)

1. deserving contempt
   • between 1812 and 1814, Jane Austin, chapter 1, Mansfield Park:

     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...

Translations

deserving contempt

Bulgarian: достоен за презрение (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 卑鄙 (cmn) (bēibǐ) Finnish: halveksittava (fi), alhainen (fi) French: méprisable (fr) German: verachtenswürdig, verachtenswert Hebrew: בזוי (bazui) m., בזויה (bzuia) f. Hungarian: megvetendő (hu)

Japanese: 情けない(なさけない), 見下げた(みさげた) Latin: contemptibilis (la) Polish: zasługujący na pogardę (pl) Portuguese: desprezível (pt) Russian: презренный (ru) Spanish: despreciable (es)

Synonyms

• despicable