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Contemptible

//kənˈtɛmptəbəl//

Definitions

adjmore contemptible · most contemptible

1
Deserving contempt.
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: […]
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despicable disdainable hateworthy
Opposite
respectable

Word Origin

From Middle English contemptible, from Latin contemptibilis.

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