Dictionary definition for: Contemptible
1. (a) deserving of contempt or scorn
2. (s) worthy only of being despised and rejected; "a contemptible lack of courage" "A little, wretched, despicable creature, a worm, a mere nothing...that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth"- Jonathan Edwards
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