"contemptible" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kənˈtɛmptəbəl/ Audio: en-us-contemptible.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: more contemptible [comparative], most contemptible [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English contemptible, from Latin contemptibilis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|contemptible}} Middle English contemptible, {{der|en|la|contemptibilis}} Latin contemptibilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} contemptible (comparative more contemptible, superlative most contemptible)
  1. Deserving contempt. Synonyms: despicable, disdainable, hateworthy, despicable, contemptable [archaic, nonstandard] Derived forms: contemptibility Translations (deserving contempt): нікчэмны (nikčemny) (Belarusian), ва́рты пага́рды (várty pahárdy) (Belarusian), достоен за презрение (dostoen za prezrenie) (Bulgarian), menyspreable (Catalan), 可鄙 (kěbǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), opovrženíhodný (Czech), verachtelijk (Dutch), aĉa (Esperanto), halveksittava (Finnish), alhainen (Finnish), méprisable (French), desprezábel (Galician), verachtenswürdig (German), verachtenswert (German), בזוי (bazui) [masculine] (Hebrew), בזויה (bzuia) [feminine] (Hebrew), megvetendő (Hungarian), desestiminda (Ido), drochmheasúil (Irish), péisteogach (Irish), dímhigneach (Irish), míolach (Irish), neamhshuimiúil (Irish), péistiúil (Irish), sramach (Irish), suaibhreosach (Irish), suarach (Irish), disprezzabile (Italian), disdicevole (Italian), riprovevole (Italian), biasimabile (Italian), 蔑むべき (sagesumu beki) (Japanese), contemptus (Latin), contemptibilis (Latin), пре́зрив (prézriv) (Macedonian), foraktelig (Norwegian Bokmål), خوار (xâr) (Persian), niedatrajchtich (Plautdietsch), zasługujący na pogardę (Polish), desprezível (Portuguese), disprețuibil (Romanian), demn de dispreț (Romanian), презре́нный (prezrénnyj) (Russian), despreciable (Spanish), menospreciable (Spanish), desdeñable (Spanish), rastrero (Spanish), bajo (Spanish), зневажений (znevazhenyy) (Ukrainian), ban (Yagara)

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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deserving contempt",
      "word": "desdeñable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deserving contempt",
      "word": "rastrero"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "deserving contempt",
      "word": "bajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znevazhenyy",
      "sense": "deserving contempt",
      "word": "зневажений"
    },
    {
      "code": "yxg",
      "lang": "Yagara",
      "sense": "deserving contempt",
      "word": "ban"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contemptible"
}

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