Definition of "contemptible" adjective comparative more contemptible , superlative most contemptible
Deserving contempt . quotations examples
Quotations But a Devil came in juſt in the God -ſpeed , and told them ; Gentlemen Philoſophers , (ſays he ) if you vvould knovv the VVretched 'ſt , and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld ; It is an Alchymiſt : […]
1667, Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, “The Sixth Vision of Hell”, in R[oger] L[’Estrange], transl., The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas, […], London: […] H[enry] Herringman […], page 247
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 […]
1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], page 2