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From Middle English contemptible , from Latin contemptibilis .
contemptible (comparative more contemptible , superlative most contemptible )
Deserving contempt .
Synonyms: despicable , disdainable , hateworthy ; see also Thesaurus:despicable
Antonyms: respectable , venerable
1667 , Francisco de Quevedo Villegas , “The Sixth Vision of Hell”, in R[oger] L[’Estrange ], transl., The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, [ … ] , London: [ … ] H[ enry] Herringman [ … ] , →OCLC , page 247 :But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed , and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers , (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt : [ …]
1814 May 9 , [Jane Austen ], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: [ … ] , volume I, London: [ … ] [ George Sidney] for T[ homas] Egerton , [ … ] , →OCLC , 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 [ …]
deserving contempt
Belarusian: нікчэмны ( nikčemny ) , ва́рты пага́рды ( várty pahárdy )
Bulgarian: достоен за презрение ( dostoen za prezrenie ) , низък (bg) ( nizǎk ) , подъл (bg) ( podǎl )
Catalan: menyspreable (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 可鄙 (zh) ( kěbǐ )
Czech: opovrženíhodný (cs)
Dutch: verachtelijk (nl)
Esperanto: aĉa (eo)
Finnish: halveksittava , alhainen (fi)
French: méprisable (fr)
Galician: desprezábel (gl)
German: verachtenswürdig , verachtenswert (de)
Hebrew: בזוי m ( bazui ) , בזויה f ( bzuia )
Hungarian: megvetendő (hu)
Ido: desestiminda (io)
Irish: dímhigneach , drochmheasúil , míolach , neamhshuimiúil , péisteogach , péistiúil , sramach , suaibhreosach , suarach
Italian: biasimabile , disdicevole (it) , disprezzabile (it) , ignobile (it) , riprovevole (it) , scorbutico (it) , spregevole (it)
Japanese: 蔑むべき (ja) ( sagesumu beki )
Latin: contemptus , contemptibilis
Macedonian: ни́зок ( nízok ) , по́дмолен ( pódmolen ) , по́дол ( pódol ) , пре́зрив ( prézriv )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: foraktelig
Nynorsk: please add this translation if you can
Ottoman Turkish: رذیل ( rezil ) , ذلیل ( zelil )
Persian: خوار (fa) ( xâr )
Plautdietsch: niedatrajchtich
Polish: godny pogardy
Portuguese: desprezível (pt)
Romanian: demn de dispreț , disprețuibil
Russian: ни́зкий (ru) ( nízkij ) , подлый (ru) ( podlyj ) , презре́нный (ru) ( prezrénnyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: please add this translation if you can
Roman: podao (sh)
Spanish: bajo (es) , desdeñable (es) , despreciable (es) , menospreciable (es) , rastrero (es) , contentible (es)
Ukrainian: зневажений ( znevazhenyy )
Yagara: ban