- Types Of Speech
- You can use contemptible as a article or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Contemptible
- A 4 syllables article and 12 letters with the letters b, c, e, i, l, m, n, o, p, and t, 8 consonants, 4 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters mp. Contemptible starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, conte, and the ending characters are e, le, ble, ible, tible, ..
- Definition
- Deserving of contempt or scorn
- School Grade
- Contemptible is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with e, 4 syllables, 4 vowels and 12 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Contemptible in Pig Latin is said as "ontemptiblecay or ontemptiblecway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | t | e | m | p | t | i | b | l | e
- Bigram
- co | on | nt | te | em | mp | pt | ti | ib | bl | le
- Trigram
- con | ont | nte | tem | emp | mpt | pti | tib | ibl | ble
- Quadrigram
- cont | onte | ntem | temp | empt | mpti | ptib | tibl | ible
- Word Gram
- Article Examples
- deserving of contempt or scorn
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- worthy only of being despised and rejected;
"a contemptible lack of courage";
"A little, wretched, despicable creature, a worm, a mere nothing...that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth"- Jonathan Edwards
Synonym | Definition |
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Abhorrent | offensive to the mind "an abhorrent deed" "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee" "morally repugnant customs" "repulsive behavior" "the most repulsive character in recent novels" |
Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness "an abject apology" |
Abominable | exceptionally bad or displeasing "atrocious taste" "abominable workmanship" "an awful voice" "dreadful manners" "a painful performance" "terrible handwriting" "an unspeakable odor came sweeping into the room" |
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Atrocious | provoking horror "an atrocious automobile accident" "a frightful crime of decapitation" "an alarming, even horrifying, picture" "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill "an ugly wound" |
Awful | causing fear or dread or terror "the awful war" "an awful risk" "dire news" "a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked" "the dread presence of the headmaster" "polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was" "a dreadful storm" " |
Bad | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency "take the bad with the good" |
Badness | an attribute of mischievous children |
Ban | a decree that prohibits something |
Banning | an official prohibition or edict against something |
View all cognitive synonyms for Contemptible
Antonym | Definition |
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Estimable | may be computed or estimated "a calculable risk" "computable odds" "estimable assets" |
Anagram | Definition |
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Contemptible | deserving of contempt or scorn |
View English words with the unique letters used in contemptible. Words With The Letters Bceilmnopt
Similar Word | Definition |
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Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness; "an abject apology" |
Low | the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving |
Low Down | n/a |
Miserable | contemptibly small in amount; "a measly tip"; "the company donated a miserable $100 for flood relief"; "a paltry wage"; "almost depleted his miserable store of dried beans" |
Pathetic | inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett |
Pitiable | inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" |
Pitiful | inspiring mixed contempt and pity; "their efforts were pathetic"; "pitiable lack of character"; "pitiful exhibition of cowardice" |
Scurvy | a condition caused by deficiency of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) |
See Also | Definition |
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Ignoble | completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
Unworthy | morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them" |
Contemptible Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With E