Antonyms for contemptible

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhn-temp-tuh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛmp tə bəl

Definition of contemptible

Origin : late 14c., from Latin contemptibilis "worthy of scorn," from contempt-, past participle stem of contemnere (see contempt). Related: Contemptibility; contemptibly.

adj despicable, shameful

Example sentences :

They achieve repartee the brilliance of which dazzles him to contemptible silence.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

What merit was there in being what it would be contemptible not to be?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Not another inch, you contemptible whelp, or I'll brain you!
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Her name is not Buttons; she is not in the least a contemptible nor entirely a comic figure.
Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton

You talk of your honour and your truth when you did such a contemptible thing!
Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

He had become, they believed, that contemptible person, the man who reads.
Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various

I'm a contemptible thing that runs to its burrow when it hears of danger.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

Never before had she been governed by so contemptible a feeling as that which had just prompted her.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

"It was suspicious," said the cruel and contemptible tyrants.
Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan

The man was so contemptible; so unutterably low and 257 vile and cowardly.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

Synonyms for contemptible

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