Both Uses of
contemptible
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- At this moment hope makes me despise their riches, which seem to me contemptible.†
Chpt 23-24 *contemptible = deserving no respect (worthless or of bad quality)
- Yet perchance to-morrow deception will so act on me, that I shall, on compulsion, consider such a contemptible possession as the utmost happiness.†
Chpt 23-24
Definition:
very bad (deserving no respect)