contemptible

Adjective

Meaning

Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.

Despised; scorned; neglected; abject.

Insolent; scornful; contemptuous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

mangy no-good low base rotten scornful scrubby scald mean dirty infamous degraded wicked insignificant pejorative

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estimable galilee august grand beneficent high

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contemptuous

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. Arthur Machen

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. Henry Fielding

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel Butler (novelist)

A proud pauper and a rich miser are contemptible beings. Italian Proverb

He who cannot revenge himself is weak, he who will not is contemptible. Italian Proverb

A little, contemptible path is sometimes the one that leads you to the highway. Kikuyu Proverb