单词 | contemptibleness |
释义 | contemptiblenessn. The quality or condition of being contemptible. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible shendfulness?c1225 wretchdom?c1225 wretchedness1389 caitifhedea1400 vilitya1425 despectuousness1447 lousiness1530 scornfulness1535 meanness1556 contemptibleness1574 worthlessness1604 contemptibility1611 caitifness1649 despicableness1653 pitifulness1670 despisableness1673 paltriness1727 shabbiness1827 despicability1830 piggery1854 wormishness1925 shittiness1929 scuzziness1980 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. 443 The contemptiblenesse of the place, dothe oftentimes bring contempt to the person. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 112 The contemptibleness of those baits wherewith he allures us. 1736 Ld. Hervey Mem. Reign Geo. II (1848) I. 52 He did not seem to feel the ridicule or the contemptibleness of his situation. 1865 G. A. Townsend Life, Crime, & Capture of John Wilkes Booth viii. 64 His beard is of a prickly black, with a moustache which does not help his general contemptibleness. 1939 A. Huxley After Many Summer Dies Swan x. 142 The fact that they were still poor was a sufficient proof of their contemptibleness and his own superiority. 2012 @xkat88x 22 June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Can't believe the contemptibleness of some ppl! If only I had permission they wouldnt know what hit them!! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1574 |
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