All 3 Uses of
contemptible
in
The Odyssey - translated by: Fitzgerald
- Now, for a while, I shall transform you; not a soul will know you, the clear skin of your arms and legs shriveled, your chestnut hair all gone, your body dressed in sacking that a man would gag to see, and the two eyes, that were so brilliant, dirtied- contemptible, you shall seem to your enemies, as to the wife and son you left behind.
Chpt 13contemptible = deserving no respect (worthless or of bad quality)
- You others, let me see no more contemptible conduct in my house!
Chpt 20
- My hand and eye are sound, not so contemptible as the young men say.
Chpt 21 *
Definition:
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(contemptible) very bad (deserving no respect)