All 7 Uses of
contemptible
in
Notes from the Underground
- But when all that is explained and worked out on paper (which is perfectly possible, for it is contemptible and senseless to suppose that some laws of nature man will never understand), then certainly so-called desires will no longer exist.†
Chpt 1.8 *
- You will say that it is vulgar and contemptible to drag all this into public after all the tears and transports which I have myself confessed.†
Chpt 2.2
- But why is it contemptible?†
Chpt 2.2
- And yet you are right--it really is vulgar and contemptible.†
Chpt 2.2
- And most contemptible of all it is that now I am attempting to justify myself to you.†
Chpt 2.2
- And even more contemptible than that is my making this remark now.†
Chpt 2.2
- But that's enough, or there will be no end to it; each step will be more contemptible than the last….†
Chpt 2.2
Definition:
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(contemptible) very bad (deserving no respect)