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contemptible Adjective deserving to be despised or hated: a contemptible lack of courage
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contemptible adjective despicable, mean, low, base, cheap, worthless, shameful, shabby, vile, degenerate, low-down (informal) paltry, pitiful, abject, ignominious, measly, scurvy, detestable, odious << OPPOSITE admirable Translations |
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It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock; and he should endeavour to show in his actions greatness, courage, gravity, and fortitude; and in his private dealings with his subjects let him show that his judgments are irrevocable, and maintain himself in such reputation that no one can hope either to deceive him or to get round him. Nor is it to be doubted that as such a procedure can do no harm, it may possibly be of no contemptible advantage; considering that oil and water are hostile; that oil is a sliding thing, and that the object in view is to make the boat slide bravely. Yet perchance to-morrow deception will so act on me, that I shall, on compulsion, consider such a contemptible possession as the utmost happiness. |
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