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contemptible

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con·tempt·i·ble  (kn-tmpt-bl)
adj.
1. Deserving of contempt; despicable.
2. Obsolete Contemptuous.

con·tempti·bili·ty, con·tempti·ble·ness n.
con·tempti·bly adv.

contemptible
Adjective
deserving to be despised or hated: a contemptible lack of courage
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
ignoble - completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose; "something cowardly and ignoble in his attitude"; "I think it a less evil that some criminals should escape than that the government should play an ignoble part"- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
unworthy - lacking in value or merit; "dispel a student whose conduct is deemed unworthy"; "unworthy of forgiveness"
estimable - deserving of respect or high regard

contemptible
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Spanish contemptible [kənˈtɛmptɪbl] adjdespreciable, desdeñable
French contemptible [kənˈtɛmptəbl] adjméprisable, vil(e)
German contemptible [kənˈtɛmptəbl] contempt adjverachtenswert
Italian contemptible [kənˈtɛmptəbl] adjspregevole, vergognoso/a

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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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