contemptible 音標拼音: [kənt'ɛmptəbəl]
a . 卑鄙的,可輕蔑的,不足齒的
卑鄙的,可輕蔑的,不足齒的
contemptible adj 1 :
deserving of contempt or scorn [
ant : {
estimable }]
Contemptible \
Con *
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a .
1 .
Worthy of contempt ;
deserving of scorn or disdain ;
mean ;
vile ;
despicable . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful . --
Burke .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Despised ;
scorned ;
neglected ;
abject . --
Locke .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
Insolent ;
scornful ;
contemptuous . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
If she should make tender of her love , '
t is very possible he '
ll scorn it ;
for the man . . .
hath a contemptible spirit . --
Shak .
Syn :
Despicable ;
abject ;
vile ;
mean ;
base ;
paltry ;
worthless ;
sorry ;
pitiful ;
scurrile .
See {
Contemptuous }.
Usage : {
Contemptible }, {
Despicable }, {
Pitiful }, {
Paltry }.
Despicable is stronger than contemptible ,
as despise is stronger than contemn .
It implies keen disapprobation ,
with a mixture of anger .
A man is despicable chiefly for low actions which mark his life ,
such as servility ,
baseness ,
or mean adulation .
A man is contemptible for mean qualities which distinguish his character ,
especially those which show him to be weak ,
foolish ,
or worthless .
Treachery is despicable ,
egotism is contemptible .
Pitiful and paltry are applied to cases which are beneath anger ,
and are simply contemptible in a high degree .
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1913 Webster ]
136 Moby Thesaurus words for "
contemptible ":
abhorrent ,
abject ,
abominable ,
arrant ,
atrocious ,
awful ,
bad ,
base ,
beastly ,
beggarly ,
below contempt ,
beneath contempt ,
blameworthy ,
brutal ,
cheap ,
cheesy ,
common ,
crude ,
crummy ,
debased ,
degraded ,
deplorable ,
depraved ,
despicable ,
detestable ,
dire ,
dirty ,
disgusting ,
dreadful ,
egregious ,
enormous ,
execrable ,
fetid ,
filthy ,
flagrant ,
forbidding ,
foul ,
fulsome ,
gaudy ,
gimcracky ,
grave ,
grievous ,
gross ,
hateful ,
heinous ,
horrible ,
horrid ,
ignoble ,
ignominious ,
infamous ,
inferior ,
lamentable ,
little ,
loathsome ,
lousy ,
low ,
low -
down ,
lumpen ,
malodorous ,
mangy ,
mean ,
measly ,
mephitic ,
meretricious ,
miasmal ,
miasmic ,
miserable ,
monstrous ,
nasty ,
nauseating ,
nefarious ,
noisome ,
notorious ,
noxious ,
objectionable ,
obnoxious ,
obscene ,
odious ,
offensive ,
outcast ,
outrageous ,
paltry ,
pathetic ,
petty ,
pitiable ,
pitiful ,
poky ,
poor ,
rank ,
rebarbative ,
regrettable ,
repellent ,
reprehensible ,
reptilian ,
repugnant ,
repulsive ,
revolting ,
rotten ,
rubbishy ,
sad ,
scabby ,
scandalous ,
schlock ,
scrubby ,
scruffy ,
scummy ,
scurvy ,
scuzzy ,
shabby ,
shameful ,
shocking ,
shoddy ,
sickening ,
small ,
sordid ,
sorry ,
squalid ,
stinking ,
terrible ,
too bad ,
trashy ,
trumpery ,
two -
for -
a -
cent ,
two -
for -
a -
penny ,
twopenny ,
twopenny -
halfpenny ,
unclean ,
unmentionable ,
unworthy ,
valueless ,
vile ,
villainous ,
woeful ,
worst ,
worthless ,
wretched
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