contemptible

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kənˈtɛmptəbəl/, X-SAMPA: /k@n"tEmpt@b@l/

Adjective

contemptible (comparative more contemptible, superlative most contemptible)

1. deserving contempt
   • between 1812 and 1814, Jane Austin, chapter 1, Mansfield Park:

     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...

Translations

deserving contempt

• Bulgarian: достоен за презрение (bg) (dostoen za prezrenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卑鄙 (cmn) (bēibǐ)

• Czech: opovrženíhodný (cs)
• Finnish: halveksittava (fi), alhainen (fi)
• French: méprisable (fr)
• German: verachtenswürdig, verachtenswert
• Hebrew: בזוי (bazui) m, בזויה (bzuia) f
• Hungarian: megvetendő (hu)

• Japanese: 情けない(なさけない), 見下げた(みさげた)
• Latin: contemptibilis (la)
• Polish: zasługujący na pogardę (pl)
• Portuguese: desprezível (pt)
• Russian: презренный (ru) (prezrennyj)
• Spanish: despreciable (es)

Synonyms

• despicable