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contemptible
 
Adjective contemptible has 2 senses
  1. contemptible - deserving of contempt or scorn
    Antonyms:     estimable, admirable
  2. contemptible, despicable - 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
    Antonym: noble (indirect, via ignoble)
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