Text: 1 arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust <the contemptible thieves who stole the Christmas gifts intended for needy children> Synonymsdespicable, lousy, nasty, pitiable, pitiful, scabby, scummy, scurvy, sorry, wretched Related Wordsabhorrent, abominable, detestable, execrable, hateful, loathsome, odious; disgusting, repugnant, repulsive; disgraceful, dishonorable, shameful; base, ignoble, low, mean; shabby, sordid, squalid, vile; cowardly, craven, dastardly Near Antonymshigh-minded, honorable, noble, principled; commendable, creditable, laudable, praiseworthy Antonymsadmirable 2 deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy) <a contemptible attempt at science fiction> — see pitiful 1 3 not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency <the contemptible behavior of the students who took part in the hazing> — see ignoble 2

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