Antonyms for contemptible
kənˈtɛmp tə bəlcon·temptible

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1. contemptibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   despicable

2. contemptibleadjective

   deserving contempt

   Synonyms:
   despicable

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1. contemptible

   Pitiful originally signified full of pity; as, "the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy," James v, 11; but this usage is now archaic, and the meaning in question is appropriated by such words as merciful and compassionate. Pitiful and pitiable now refer to what may be deserving of pity, pitiful being used chiefly for that which is merely an object of thought, pitiable for that which is brought directly before the senses; as, a pitiful story; a pitiable object; a pitiable condition. Since pity, however, always implies weakness or inferiority in that which is pitied, pitiful and pitiable are often used, by an easy transition, for what might awaken pity, but does awaken contempt; as, a pitiful excuse; he presented a pitiable appearance. Piteous is now rarely used in its earlier sense of feeling pity, but in its derived sense applies to what really excites the emotion; as, a piteous cry. Compare HUMANE; MERCY; PITY.

   Antonyms:
   august, beneficent, commanding, dignified, exalted, glorious, grand, great, helpful, lofty, mighty, noble, sublime, superb, superior

   Synonyms:
   abject, base, despicable, lamentable, miserable, mournful, moving, paltry, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, sorrowful, touching, woful, wretched

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1. contemptible

   Antonyms:
   important, grave, weighty, honorable, respectable, venerable

   Synonyms:
   despicable, mean, vile, pitiful, disreputable, paltry, trifling, trivial

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1. contemptibleadjective

   deserving of contempt or scorn

   Antonyms:
   estimable, admirable

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1. contemptibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   despicable, abject

How to use contemptible in a sentence?

1. Samuel Butler:

   The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

2. Edmund Burke:

   When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

3. W. H. Auden:

   Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books.

4. Edmund Burke:

   When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

5. J. R. R. Tolkien:

   Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works...

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