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contemptible

  • 1 contemptible

    adjective (deserving contempt: His behaviour was contemptible.) foragtelig; ussel
    * * *
    adjective (deserving contempt: His behaviour was contemptible.) foragtelig; ussel

    English-Danish dictionary > contemptible

  • 2 cheap

    [ i:p]
    1) (low in price: Eggs are cheap just now.) billig
    2) (of poor quality; vulgar; contemptible: cheap jewellery; a cheap trick.) billig; simpel; tarvelig
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    - cheapness
    * * *
    [ i:p]
    1) (low in price: Eggs are cheap just now.) billig
    2) (of poor quality; vulgar; contemptible: cheap jewellery; a cheap trick.) billig; simpel; tarvelig
    •
    - cheapness

    English-Danish dictionary > cheap

  • 3 contempt

    [kən'tempt]
    1) (very low opinion; scorn: She spoke with utter contempt of her husband's behaviour.) foragt
    2) (disregard for the law.) foragt
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    - contemptibly
    - contemptuous
    - contemptuously
    * * *
    [kən'tempt]
    1) (very low opinion; scorn: She spoke with utter contempt of her husband's behaviour.) foragt
    2) (disregard for the law.) foragt
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    - contemptibly
    - contemptuous
    - contemptuously

    English-Danish dictionary > contempt

  • 4 degrade

    [di'ɡreid]
    (to disgrace or make contemptible: He felt degraded by having to ask for money.) fornedre; nedværdige
    * * *
    [di'ɡreid]
    (to disgrace or make contemptible: He felt degraded by having to ask for money.) fornedre; nedværdige

    English-Danish dictionary > degrade

  • 5 despicable

    [di'spikəbl]
    adjective (contemptible, worthless and deserving to be despised: His behaviour was despicable.) foragtelig; ussel; modbydelig
    * * *
    [di'spikəbl]
    adjective (contemptible, worthless and deserving to be despised: His behaviour was despicable.) foragtelig; ussel; modbydelig

    English-Danish dictionary > despicable

  • 6 low-down

    adjective (mean; contemptible: a low-down thief.) gemen; tarvelig
    * * *
    adjective (mean; contemptible: a low-down thief.) gemen; tarvelig

    English-Danish dictionary > low-down

  • 7 prick

    [prik] 1. verb
    (to pierce slightly or stick a sharp point into: She pricked her finger on a pin; He pricked a hole in the paper.) stikke
    2. noun
    1) ((a pain caused by) an act of pricking: You'll just feel a slight prick in your arm.) prik
    2) (a tiny hole made by a sharp point: a pin-prick.) prik
    3) ((slang, vulgar) a penis.) pik
    4) ((slang, vulgar) a nasty or contemptible person: He is such a prick!) røvhul
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    - prick up one's ears
    - prick one's ears
    * * *
    [prik] 1. verb
    (to pierce slightly or stick a sharp point into: She pricked her finger on a pin; He pricked a hole in the paper.) stikke
    2. noun
    1) ((a pain caused by) an act of pricking: You'll just feel a slight prick in your arm.) prik
    2) (a tiny hole made by a sharp point: a pin-prick.) prik
    3) ((slang, vulgar) a penis.) pik
    4) ((slang, vulgar) a nasty or contemptible person: He is such a prick!) røvhul
    •
    - prick up one's ears
    - prick one's ears

    English-Danish dictionary > prick

  • 8 shoddy

    ['ʃodi]
    1) (of poor material or quality: shoddy furniture.) dårlig
    2) (mean and contemptible: a shoddy trick.) tarvelig
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    - shoddiness
    * * *
    ['ʃodi]
    1) (of poor material or quality: shoddy furniture.) dårlig
    2) (mean and contemptible: a shoddy trick.) tarvelig
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    - shoddiness

    English-Danish dictionary > shoddy

См. также в других словарях:

  • contemptible — adj Contemptible, despicable, pitiable, sorry, scurvy, cheap, beggarly, shabby are comparable when they mean arousing or deserving scorn or disdain. Contemptible applies to whatever inspires such scorn or disdain for any reason however great or… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Contemptible — Con*tempt i*ble, a. 1. Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable. Milton. [1913 Webster] The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. Despised; scorned; neglected;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • contemptible — ⇒CONTEMPTIBLE, adj. Rare. Qui mérite le mépris, méprisable. Une offrande si contemptible (GIDE, Si le grain ne meurt, 1924, p. 611). Rem. Attesté ds Ac. 1798 1878 et, au XXe s., par Nouv. Lar. ill., Lar. 20e, QUILLET 1965. Prononc. et Orth.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • contemptible — contemptible, contemptuous Contemptible in current use means ‘deserving contempt’ • (His defiant and sulky defence of his right to pat bottoms and hump secretaries, or pin women to the wall in sexual passes, is contemptible Independent, 2006)… …   Modern English usage

  • contemptible — CONTEMPTIBLE. adj. v. Vil & mesprisable. Il s est rendu contemptible, c est un homme vil & contemptible. Il vieillit …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • contemptible — I adjective abhorrent, abiectus, abject, abominable, atrocious, base, blameworthy, censurable, condemnable, condemnatory, contemned, contemnendus, contemptus, contumelious, corrupt, culpable, damnable, deplorable, depraved, despicable, despised,… …   Law dictionary

  • contemptible — CONTEMPTIBLE. adj. des 2 gen. Vil et méprisable. Il s est rendu contemptible. C est un homme vil etcontemptible. Il vieillit …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • contemptible — (del lat. «contemptibĭlis»; ant.) adj. Despreciable …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • contemptible — late 14c., from L. contemptibilis worthy of scorn, from contempt , pp. stem of contemnere (see CONTEMPT (Cf. contempt)). Related: Contemptibility; contemptibly …   Etymology dictionary

  • contemptible — [adj] despicable, shameful abhorrent, abject, abominable, bad, base, beggarly, cheap, crass, currish, degenerate, despisable, detestable, dirty, disgusting, hateful, heel, ignoble, ignominious, inferior, low, lowdown*, lowest, mean, odious,… …   New thesaurus

  • contemptible — Contemptible, Contemnendus …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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