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contemptible

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12 lettersPronunciation /kənˈtɛmptəbəl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bceeilmnopttStarts with CEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. deserving of contempt or scorn

Word origin

From Middle English contemptible, from Latin contemptibilis.

Used in a sentence

  • 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: […]
  • 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 […]
  • But what a contemptible notion must he entertain of this House!

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