Synonyms of the word contemptible


CONTEMPTIBLEABJECT - BASTARDLY - IGNOBLE - LOW - LOW-DOWN - MEAN - MISERABLE - PATHETIC - PITIABLE - PITIFUL - SCUMMY - SCURVY - UNWORTHY

contemptible

  • adj. deserving contempt.

abject

  • adj. (obsolete) Rejected; cast aside.
  • adj. Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position.
  • adj. Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a…
  • adj. Showing utter hopelessness, helplessness; showing resignation; wretched.
  • n. A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To cast off or out; to reject.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To cast down; hence, to abase; to degrade; to lower; to debase.

bastardly

  • adj. Having been born out of marriage.
  • adj. Of no use or purpose; useless; worthless.

ignoble

  • adj. Not noble; plebeian; common.
  • adj. Not honorable; base.
  • adj. Not a true or "noble" falcon; said of certain hawks, such as the goshawk.

low

  • adj. In a position comparatively close to the ground.
  • adj. Small in height.
  • adj. Situated below the normal level, or the mean elevation.
  • adj. Depressed, sad.
  • adj. Not high in amount or quantity.
  • adj. Of a pitch, suggesting a lower frequency.
  • adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
  • adj. Despicable; lacking dignity; vulgar.
  • adj. Lacking health or vitality; feeble; weak.
  • adj. Being near the equator.
  • adj. Humble in character or status.
  • adj. Simple in complexity or development.
  • adj. Designed for the slowest speed, as in low gear.
  • adj. Articulated with a wide space between the flat tongue and the palette.
  • adj. (phonetics) Made, as a vowel, with a low position of part of the tongue in relation to the palate.
  • adj. (archaic) Not rich, highly seasoned, or nourishing; plain; simple.
  • n. Something that is low; a low point.
  • n. A depressed mood or situation.
  • n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
  • n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
  • n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
  • n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
  • adv. Close to the ground.
  • adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
  • adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
  • adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
  • adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
  • adv. In a time approaching our own.
  • adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
  • v. obsolete simple past tense of laugh.
  • v. (intransitive) To moo.
  • n. (countable, Britain, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
  • v. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) To burn; to blaze.
  • n. (archaic or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
  • n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.

low-down

  • adj. (idiomatic, slang, US) Of no value.

mean

  • v. To intend.
  • v. To convey meaning.
  • v. (transitive) To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
  • v. (transitive) To result in; to bring about.
  • v. (transitive) To be important (to).
  • v. (Ireland, Britain regional) To lament.
  • adj. (obsolete) Common; general.
  • adj. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
  • adj. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
  • adj. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
  • adj. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
  • adj. (chiefly Britain) Ungenerous; stingy, tightfisted; North American English: cheap; formal: niggardly, penurious,…
  • adj. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
  • adj. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
  • adj. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
  • adj. Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
  • adj. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
  • adj. (informal, often childish) Difficult, tricky.
  • adj. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
  • adj. (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
  • n. (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
  • n. (obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
  • n. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
  • n. (music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part…
  • n. (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number…
  • n. (mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number…
  • n. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and…

miserable

  • adj. In a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
  • adj. Very bad (at something); unskilled, incompetent.
  • adj. Wretched; worthless; mean.
  • adj. (obsolete) Causing unhappiness or misery.
  • adj. (obsolete) Avaricious; niggardly; miserly.
  • n. A miserable person; a wretch.

pathetic

  • adj. Arousing pity, sympathy, or compassion.
  • adj. Arousing scornful pity or contempt, often due to miserable inadequacy.
  • adj. (obsolete) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.

pitiable

  • adj. That deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.

pitiful

  • adj. (now rare) Feeling pity; merciful.
  • adj. So appalling or sad that one feels or should feel sorry for it; eliciting pity.
  • adj. Very small (of an amount or number).

scummy

  • adj. Covered in scum.
  • adj. (slang) sleazy, worthless, no good.

scurvy

  • n. (medicine) A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C leading to the formation of livid spots…
  • adj. Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy.
  • adj. Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean.

unworthy

  • adj. Not worthy; lacking value or merit; worthless.
  • n. A worthless person.

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