OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 18801

contemptible

/kənˈtɛmptəbəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bajo • contentible • desdeñable • despreciable • menospreciable • rastrero
Deserving contempt.
And they are dangerous because when worn they make their wearer look ridiculous and contemptible to those not enthralled by the same fashion; and when their moment has passed they…
Miss Ward's match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible: Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield […]
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