| ADJECTIVE | all | contemptible | deserving of contempt / contempt or scorn |
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| Sounds | kahnteh'mptahbahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Deserving of contempt / contempt or scorn. | |
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| Narrower | abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy | Of the most contemptible kind |
| bastardly, mean | Of no value or worth | |
| pathetic, pitiable, pitiful | inspiring mixed contempt / contempt and pity | |
| See also | ignoble | Completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose |
| unworthy | lacking in value or merit | |
| Opposite | estimable | Deserving of respect or high regard |
| Spanish | despreciable | |
| Nouns | contemptibility | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values |
| Adverbs | contemptibly | in a manner deserving contempt |
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