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Meaning of "contemnible" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CONTEMNIBLE

kənˈtɛmnɪb əl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTEMNIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contemnible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CONTEMNIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contemnible in the English dictionary

The definition of contemnible in the dictionary is worthy of contempt.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTEMNIBLE

achievable · adjustable · collapsible · collectible · comestibles · commonsensible · comptable · congestible · convincible · detachable · detectable · downloadable · eco-label · editable · enforceable · enjoyable · expandable · extendable · foldable · foreseeable

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTEMNIBLE

contemn · contemner · contemnor · contemper · contemperation · contemperature · contemplable · contemplant · contemplate · contemplation · contemplatist · contemplative · contemplatively · contemplativeness · contemplator · contempo · contemporanean · contemporaneity · contemporaneous · contemporaneously

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTEMNIBLE

accessible · audible · Bible · compatible · convertible · discernible · eligible · exponible · flexible · horrible · impossible · incredible · indiscernible · intenible · invisible · possible · responsible · terrible · undiscernible · visible

Synonyms and antonyms of contemnible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contemnible» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CONTEMNIBLE

Find out the translation of contemnible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of contemnible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contemnible» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

contemnible
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

contemnible
570 millions of speakers
en

English

contemnible
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

contemnible
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

contemnible
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

contemnible
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

contemnible
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

contemnible
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

contemnible
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Boleh ditolak
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

contemnible
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

contemnible
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

contemnible
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Contemnible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

contemnible
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

contemnible
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

चिंतनशील
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

contemnible
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

contemnible
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

contemnible
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

contemnible
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

contemnible
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

contemnible
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

contemnible
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

contemnible
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

contemnible
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contemnible

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTEMNIBLE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contemnible

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTEMNIBLE»

Discover the use of contemnible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contemnible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Love And Death
I was having real problems because I knew we couldn't resort to reason or religion;8 it seemed like a definite case of contemnible freedom. I gently touched Christine's arm and spewed forth the proverbial, profound phrase, “It's going to be all ...
Ross Channing Reed, Ph.D.
2
Religious Faith and Intellectual Virtue
The moral life in particular, and the life of practical wisdom in general, rest in the confidence that properly ordered affections allow us to admire what is admirable, love what is lovely, contemn what is contemnible, be ashamed at what is ...
Laura Frances Callahan, Timothy O'Connor, 2014
3
The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity
Whereas the participation of men like Theoderic and Frederic in local politics had been no more than a normal part of the provincial landscape, the boundaries of legitimate alliance and illegitimate, contemnible behavior became impossible to ...
Scott Johnson, 2012
4
Lexical Strata in English: Morphological Causes, ...
... conduce 68 conductorette 41 confer 59 confetti 153 confide 31 confident 31 conformism 43 conformist 43 consonant 63, 64 consonantal 64, 71 consultant 31 contain 55 container 12 contemn 129 contemnible 129 contemning 129 contestant ...
Heinz J. Giegerich, 1999
5
Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where ...
During theseperiods ofcourtly success, he madeit clear that “he regarded authorship [in the sense of independent, public writing] as a contemnible profession, atthelowest level of the social ladder.” 74 Thisattitude changed dramatically, ...
Naomi S. Baron, 2002
6
Goad and Nail
That gate is closed if anything contemnible causes his preaching to be scorned ( PL 212:504B). Nurturing the divine Word and setting an example for others requires both a love of Scripture and a purification of self. In Sermon Six for the feast of ...
Ellen Rozanne Elder, 1985
7
A History of English Prose Rhythm
Defoe, however, does not from our present point of view, though he certainly does from others, stand in any very different position, now from the least specially rhythmical of the 1 Familiar, and therefore contemnible, if not contemptible, ...
George Saintsbury, 1912
8
On Politics: A History of Political Thought from Herodotus ...
Whatwe dislike,wecall evil;and what we are indifferent about, we call,in Hobbes's seventeenthcentury terminology, “contemnible.” The reality isour wishes and fears; “calling good” isprior to “being good.” Thethings wewant,we call good, and  ...
Alan Ryan, 2012
9
Crossword Lists & Crossword Solver: Over 100,000 Potential ...
CONSULSHIPS CONSULTANCY CONSULTANTS CONSUMERISM CONSUMMATED CONSUMMATOR CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTIVE CONTACT LENS CONTAINMENT CONTAMINANT CONTAMINATE CONTEMNIBLE CONTEMPLATE ...
Anne Stibbs, 2009
10
Collins Anagrams
... seborrhoeic hucklebones huckleberry workbenches chequebooks phlebectomy embouchures necrophobes plebiscites rescissible obscenities objectively subCectives bellicosely contemnible lobectomies comestibles bristlecone convertible ...
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, 2006
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Contemnible [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/contemnible>. May 2024 ».
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