contemptible

English

Alternative forms

• contemptable

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin contemptibilis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɛmptəbəl/

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...

Synonyms

• despicable

Translations

deserving contempt

• Bulgarian: достоен за презрение (dostoen za prezrenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卑鄙 (zh) (bēibǐ)

• Czech: opovrženíhodný
• Finnish: halveksittava, alhainen
• French: méprisable (fr)
• German: verachtenswürdig, verachtenswert
• Hebrew: בזוי m (bazui), בזויה f (bzuia)
• Hungarian: megvetendő (hu)

• Ido: desestiminda (io)
• Japanese: 情けない(なさけない), 見下げた(みさげた)
• Latin: contemptibilis
• Polish: zasługujący na pogardę
• Portuguese: desprezível (pt)
• Romanian: disprețuibil m, nedemn (ro) m
• Russian: презренный (ru) (prezrennyj)
• Spanish: despreciable