contemptible

adjective (more contemptible, most contemptible)

«contemptible» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

So mean or bad that people despise it and deserve scorn. tree →

In the lessons

in tales, a cruel or mean act that the good hero cannot respect: the thief's trick was contemptible.

Examples

It was a contemptible trick to cheat at the game. tree →
He told a lie and felt contemptible. tree →
Stealing from a friend is contemptible. tree →

Note

nothing for maths.

In Jewish tradition

Despised or worthless. Malachi uses it for offerings and the altar treated as unworthy.

Interpretation. Malachi is read as rebuking priests who offered poor animals. Tradition teaches that God's service should get the best we have.

Examples

And ye say: 'Wherein have we polluted thee?' In that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is contemptible.' (Prophets MAL.1.7, JPS 1917) tree →
A contemptible brand in the thought of him that is at ease, a thing ready for them whose foot slippeth. (Writings JOB.12.5, JPS 1917) tree →
But ye profane it, in that ye say: 'The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruit thereof, even the food thereof, is contemptible.' (Prophets MAL.1.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths.

On Mova

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