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- Dictionarycontemptible/kənˈtɛm(p)tɪbl/
adjective
- 1. deserving contempt; despicable: "a display of contemptible cowardice"
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adjective. us / kənˈtem·tə·bəl / Add to word list. deserving blame: His behavior was contemptible. (Definition of contemptible from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of CONTEMPTIBLE is worthy of contempt. How to use contemptible in a sentence. What Is the Difference Between contemptuous and contemptible? Synonym Discussion of Contemptible.
adjective. us / kənˈtem·tə·bəl / Add to word list. deserving blame: His behavior was contemptible. (Definition of contemptible from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Contemptible definition: deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.. See examples of CONTEMPTIBLE used in a sentence.
If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
Someone or something that's contemptible receives harsh judgment and deserves it. Your desire to bring to justice the contemptible coward who stole your last chocolate bar seemed noble, until you realized you'd eaten it the night before.
Definition of contemptible adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn. ignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
CONTEMPTIBLE definition: extremely bad, because of being dishonest or cruel. Learn more.
contemptible meaning, definition, what is contemptible: not deserving any respect at all: Learn more.
