Both Uses of
contemptible
in
Wuthering Heights
- ' "But then," I continued, holding myself ready to flee, "if poor Catherine had trusted you, and assumed the ridiculous, contemptible, degrading title of Mrs. Heathcliff, she would soon have presented a similar picture!†
Chpt 17contemptible = deserving no respect (worthless or of bad quality)
- I've a very good mind to shake you severely, for your contemptible treachery, and your imbecile conceit.'†
Chpt 27 *
Definition:
very bad (deserving no respect)