contemptible

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Patience and resignation in her are but other words for carelessness or indifference--contemptible, if in regard to herself; culpable, if in regard to her sick XI.

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  1. adjective Deserving of contempt; despicable.
  2. adjective Obsolete Contemptuous.

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  • Personally I find this contemptible, and it's unfortunately not uncommon. —  Vanishing American
  • His demeanor was contemptible, his questions prosecutorial, and body language was beyond hubris. —  SelahV Today
  • For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons made themselves contemptible, and he failed to restrain them. —  Chasing the Wind
  • Its three characters are thoroughly contemptible, and everything said about everyone else in the world is full of contempt, too. —  Touchstone Magazine - Mere Comments
  • No less contemptible are the word games over the desired recognition of Israel: For a generation now we have been amusing ourselves with them. —  axisoflogic.com
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despicable ·  vile ·  cowardly ·  pitiful ·  selfish ·  sordid ·  degrade ·  shameful ·  worthless ·  paltry ·  ignoble ·  abject
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  1. = Spanish contemptible, now contentible = Portuguese contemptivel = Italian contentibile, from Late Latin contemptibilis, from Latin contemptus, pp. of contemnere,despise: see contemn.
 

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/kənˈtɛmptɪbl/
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