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, in 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
• disdainable
• hateworthy
• See also Wikisaurus:despicable

Antonyms

• respectable
• venerable

Translations

deserving contempt

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

  Mandarin: 可鄙 (zh) ‎(kěbǐ)

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

• Irish: drochmheasúil, péisteogach, dímhigneach, míolach, neamhshuimiúil, péistiúil, sramach, suaibhreosach, suarach
• Japanese: 蔑むべき (ja) ‎(sagesumu beki)
• Latin: contemptibilis
• Persian: خوار (fa) ‎(xâr)
• Polish: zasługujący na pogardę
• Portuguese: desprezível (pt)
• Romanian: disprețuibil m, demn de dispreț m
• Russian: презре́нный (ru) ‎(prezrénnyj)
• Spanish: despreciable (es)