contemptible
con.tempt.ible \k*n-'tem(p)-t*-b*l\ \-ble-\ aj 1: worthy of contempt :
DESPICABLE obs 2: SCORNFUL, CONTEMPTUOUS P, BEGGARLY mean arousing or
deserving scorn. CONTEMPTIBLE may imply any quality provoking scorn or a
low standing in any scale of values; DESPICABLE may imply utter
worthlessness and usu. suggests arousing an attitude of moral indignation;
PITIABLE applies to what inspires mixed contempt and pity; SORRY may stress
pitiable inadequacy or may suggest wretchedness or sordidness; SCURVY adds
to DESPICABLE an implication of arousing disgust; CHEAP and BEGGARLY imply
the mean and paltry; CHEAP may also stress meretricious availability -
con.tempt.ible.ness n SYN syn DESPICABLE, PITIABLE, SORRY, SCURVY, CHEA