contemptible

«contemptible» in Mova's school dictionary: So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (more contemptible, most contemptible)

meaning for a pupil

So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a cruel or mean act that the good hero cannot respect: the thief's trick was contemptible.

examples

• It was a contemptible trick to cheat at the game. tree →
• He told a lie and felt contemptible. tree →
• Stealing from a friend is contemptible. tree →

note

nothing for maths.

In the corpora

• A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «contemptible» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.