contemptible — contemptuous
[different end pronunciation; the letter ‘c’ in both the words is pronounced with a ‘k’ sound]
“Contemptible”; for the right pronunciation, please click here, means ‘something that should be treated with contempt (hating too much);a feeling that something or someone is not suitable (undesirable) or of lower in position, status, etc., something or someone that deserves/suitable to be hated, e.g. a bad or indecent person who steals from a poor blind person or who tries to make profit from other people’s difficulties, etc.’,
e.g.
She has found his lack of courage contemptible. [i.e. she felt that his ‘lack of courage’ was far below his status, or even very shameful; therefore, he should be hated]
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“Contemptuous”; for the right pronunciation, please click here, means ‘feeling or showing contempt (hating too much)’,
e.g.
She is contemptuous of his poor condition. [i.e. she looked down upon him with a very low opinion, almost with hatred, because he was in a poor condition]
