English
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Etymology
Ultimately from Latin contemptibilis .
Pronunciation
Adjective
contemptible (comparative more contemptible , superlative most contemptible )
deserving contempt
1814 July, [Jane Austen ], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: [ … ] , volume I, London: [ … ] 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 [ …]
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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)
Galician: desprezábel (gl) m or f
German: verachtenswürdig , verachtenswert (de)
Hebrew: בזוי m ( bazui ) , בזויה f ( bzuia )
Hungarian: megvetendő (hu)
Ido: desestiminda (io)
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Irish: drochmheasúil , péisteogach , dímhigneach , míolach , neamhshuimiúil , péistiúil , sramach , suaibhreosach , suarach
Italian: disprezzabile , disdicevole (it) , riprovevole (it) , biasimabile
Japanese: 蔑むべき (ja) ( sagesumu beki )
Latin: contemptus , 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)
Yagara: ban