单词 | contemptible |
释义 | contemptible (once / 1152 pages) adj 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. Contemptible means "worthy of contempt," and is one of several words of its kind that end with -ible rather than -able, which would mean something more like "capable of contempt," (and isn't a word). You could remember that “I find it contemptible!” begins with “I.” If you don't, some will consider your spelling errors to be minor offenses, while others will declare them . . . contemptible! WORD FAMILYcontemptible: contemptibility, contemptiblest, contemptibly+/contemptibility: contemptibilities USAGE EXAMPLESHamilton was no apologist for Jefferson, whose politics were “tinctured with fanaticism,” and who was “a contemptible hypocrite.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) What kind of contemptible individual mixes horror with vindication? The Guardian(Dec 20, 2016) The D.C. attorney general’s office devoted every means and tax dollar at its disposal to defend contemptible D.C. bureaucrats and ethically challenged politicians. Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) adj deserving of contempt or scorn Syn|Ant abject, low, low-down, miserable, scummy, scurvy of the most contemptible kind bastardly, meanof no value or worth pathetic, pitiable, pitifulinspiring mixed contempt and pity ignoblecompletely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose unworthylacking in value or merit estimable deserving of respect or high regard admirabledeserving of the highest esteem or admiration worthyhaving worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable |
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