deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.

Obsolete . contemptuous.

adjective

admirable , admired , good , honorable , loved , respectable , worthy

adjective

abhorrent , abject , abominable , bad , base , beggarly , cheap , crass , currish , degenerate , despisable , detestable , dirty , disgusting , hateful , heel , ignoble , ignominious , inferior , low , low-down * , lowest , mean , odious , outcast , paltry , pitiable , pitiful , poor , sad , scummy , scurvy , shabby , sordid , sorry * , swinish , unworthy , vile , worthless , wretchednotes:contemptible means deserving contempt , while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was \'despising law and order\' , antipathetic , despicable , foul , infamous , loathsome , lousy , nasty , nefarious , obnoxious , repugnant , rotten , wretched , dishonorable , evil , petty , revolting , sneaking , sorry