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Definition: Contemptible |
ContemptibleAdjective1. Deserving of contempt or scorn. 2. Worthy only of being despised and rejected; "a contemptible lack of courage"; "A little, wretched, despicable creature, a worm, a mere nothing...that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth"- Jonathan Edwards. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "contemptible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
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Tips from 1870 | Usage: Contemptible, Contemptuous. Contemptible is sometimes incorrectly used for contemptuous. A story is told of Richard Parson, an English scholar and critic. A gentleman being in dispute with him, angrily exclaimed, "My opinion of you is most contemptible, sir," upon which Parson quickly retorted, "I never knew an opinion of yours that was not contemptible." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonym: ContemptibleSynonym: despicable (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: estimable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Contempt | Contemptible, despicable; pitiable; pitiful; (unimportant); despised;Verb: downtrodden; unenvied. |
Improbity | Contemptible, unrespectable, abject, mean, shabby, little, paltry, dirty, scurvy, scabby, sneaking, groveling, scrubby, rascally, pettifogging; beneath one. |
Ridiculousness | Drollish; seriocomic, tragicomic; gimcrack, contemptible; (unimportant); doggerel; ironical; (derisive); risible. |
Unimportance | Poor, paltry, pitiful; contemptible; (contempt); sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery; one-horse. not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw; Noun: beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration; de lana caprina; vain; (useless). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Contemptible |
| English words defined with "contemptible": abject ♦ Bawbling, boorish, bum ♦ Contemptibleness, contemptibly, Criticaster, crumb ♦ Dandyling, despicable, Despisable ♦ Fribble ♦ Hedge note ♦ loutish, low, low-down, lowlife, Low-lived ♦ miserable ♦ Neandertal, neanderthal ♦ o.k., oafish ♦ Pettifogulize, puke, pusillanimity, pusillanimousness ♦ rat, rotter ♦ scum bag, scummy, scurvy, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, swinish ♦ twerp, twirp, twit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "contemptible": Contemptuous ♦ Spoons. (references) |
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Screenplays | Contemptible! Worth a try. (Blackadder II; writing credit: Richard Curtis; Ben Elton) And I think you're a slimy, contemptible sewer rat (The Great Mouse Detective; writing credit: Ron Clements; Paul Galdone) Do you mean that in order to save his contemptible life, he dared to impress upon our credulous simplicity (The Pirates of Penzance; writing credit: William S. Gilbert; Wilford Leach) | |
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 | Abominable; amoral; atrocious; base; contemptible; corrupt; debased; degenerate; depraved; devilish; dissolute; egregious; evil; fiendish; flagitious; foul; gross; guilty; heartless; heinous; immoral; impious; impish; incorrigible; indecent; iniquitous; i. |
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Addison | Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. |
Benjamin Disraeli | In politics, nothing is contemptible. |
Edmund Burke | When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. |
George Eliot | Might, could, would --they are contemptible auxiliaries. |
H.w. Beecher | The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but." |
Johnson | Age is rarely despised but when it is contemptible. |
Joseph Addison | Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency. |
William James | Militarism is the great preserver of our ideals of hardihood, and human life with no use for hardihood would be contemptible. |
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| "Contemptible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.33% of the time. "Contemptible" is used about 75 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.33% | 73 | 39,105 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 75 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "contemptible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i ulët (base, dark, deep, down, gentle, give away, humble, ignoble, infamous, low, low down, low lying, lowly, mean, modest, nasty, nefarious, petty, primary, rascally, scrubby, scurvy, shoddy, subdued, vile, villainous, vulgar), i përbuzshëm (despicable, ignoble, ignominious), i neveritshëm (abhorrent, abominable, accursed, accurst, beastly, damnable, damned, despicable, detestable, disgustful, disgusting, execrable, fulsome, ghoulish, heinous, hideous, loathful, loathsome, nauseating, noisome, obnoxious, odious, putrid, rank, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, sickening, sickly, slimy, sordid, squalid, unclean, unsavory, unsavoury). (various references) | |
Arabic | مهين (degrading, despicable, despised, insulting, menial, offending, offensive, outrageous), مزدري (despised, scorned), وضيع (cowardly, grubby, humble, inferior, low, low-grade, lowly, mean, menial, scabby, scaly, scruffy, scurvy, slavish, slight, snide, vile), تافه (banal, commonplace, crummy, fade, fiddling, flat, foolish, footling, fractional, frivolous, frothy, good for nothing, inane, inconsiderable, insignificant, junk, light, lilliputian, little, lowbrow, measly, minute, naught, negligible, niggling, nonsensical, nugatory, null, paltry, pedestrian, petty, piddling, pimping, piteous, pitiable, platitudinous, pointless, puny, ridiculous, run of the mill, silly, slight, slim, small time, smelly, stupid, trifle, trifling, trite, trivial, trumpery, two a penny, two bit, twopenny-halfpenny, unimportant, unsavory, unsavoury, unworthy, vain, valueless, vapid, vile, worthless), خسيس (abject, base, dastardly, despicable, ignoble, loon, lousy, low, lowly, mean, paltry, pooch, reptile, ruffian, scruffy, servile, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, small change, sordid, vile, villainous), جدير بالإزدراء (despicable, opprobrious, squalid). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | низък (abject, base, degraded, ignoble, low down, low-minded, mangy, mean, mean-spirited, miscreant, paltry, scaly, scurvy, unworthy, vile, villainous, yellow), достоен за презрение, долен (abject, base, bottom, currish, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, inferior, iniquitous, low, lower, low-grade, mangy, mean, mean-spirited, rascal, ratty, reptile, rotten, scaly, scurvy, shady, under, unworthy, vile, villainous). (various references) | |
Chinese | 卑鄙 (base, despicable, mean). (various references) | |
Czech | podlý (base, currish, ignoble, lowdown, mean, shabby, sordid, ugly, villainous, wicked), opovrženíhodný (abject, despicable), nièemný (caitiff, despicable, miscreated, rascally, roguish, scampish, scoundrelly, vile, villainous, worthless). (various references) | |
Finnish | halveksittava (despicable). (various references) | |
French | méprisable, indigne. (various references) | |
German | verachtenswert (contemptibly, despicable), verächtlich (abject, abjectly, abjekt, contemptuous, contemptuously, despicable, despicably, disdainful, disdainfully, opprobrious, scoffing, scoffingly, scornful, scornfully). (various references) | |
Greek | περιφρονητέος, ποταπόσ (dastardly, despicable, mean), ποταπός (despicable), άξιοσ περιφρόνησησ, άξιοσ περιφρονήσεωσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבוז", מ וול (corrupt, despicable, rotten, ugly), חשך (mean), בזוי (abasement, abashment, abject, contempt, cursed, deprecation, despicable, despised, despising, ignominius, measly, menial, pitiful, vile), מאס (abhorred, despicable, despised, loathed), קל" (despised, trifle, vile), בז" (cad, despicable, despised, mean, mean-spirited, measly, nasty, ornery, scamp, shameful, sordid, villain, worm, wretched). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vacak (bleeding, cheesy, crummy, despicable, dross, flaming, lousy, mangy, measly, moldy, mouldy, number, paltry, pelting, piddling, pokey, potty, punk, ratty, raunchy, rinky-dink, rubbishy, ruddy, schlock, scurvied, shocking, shoddy, tacky, tatty, tinhorn, tin-pot, trash, trashy), megvetendõ (despicable), megvetendő (despicable, pitiable, pitiful). (various references) | |
Italian | spregevole (abject, currish, degraded, despicable, mangy, mean), disprezzabile (despicable). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 見下'果てた (despicable), 笑止 (absurdity, laughable, pitiful, ridiculous). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうし (absurdity, boatman, crystallite, death by fire, eulogy, laughable, low birth rate, midnight, officers and men, paper making, pitiful, praise, ridiculous, short or concise history, stamp), みさ'はてた (despicable). (various references) | |
Manx | faghidagh (derider, derisive, despiser, distainful, insulting, ridiculous, scornful, sneerer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ontemptiblecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desprezível (abject, beggarly, caitiff, despicable, lily-livered, little, mean, negligible, paltry, peddling, picayune, pitiable, reptile, scurvy, trashy, unworthy, worthless), abjeto (abject, reptile, servile, slavish, vile). (various references) | |
Romanian | vrednic de dispreţ (despicable, pitiable, poor, reprehensible), mic (Chitty, chopping, dwarfish, exiguous, little, low, mincing, minor, narrow, petty, pimping, poky, pony, poor, puny, scrubby, shallow, shoe string, short, slender, slight, small, undersized, weak, wee, young), de dispreţuit. (various references) | |
Russian | презренный (abject, caitiff, despicable, measly, scurvy). (various references) | |
Scottish | t ireil (despicable, despising, low). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prezren, preziran (abject, contemptuous). (various references) | |
Spanish | despreciable (abject, crummy, despicable, miserable, negligible, pitiful, scabby, scornful, twopenny). (various references) | |
Swedish | föraktlig (abject, despicable, ignoble). (various references) | |
Turkish | rezil (abject, crud, dirty, dishonorable, dishonourable, disreputable, flagitious, flagrant, groveling, grovelling, ignoble, ignominious, infamous, low down, outrageous, raffish, rascal, scandal, scandalous, scoundrel, shameful, sinner, stinking, sweep, vile, villainous), hor, alçak (abandoned, abject, base, baseborn, blackguard, cowardly, dastardly, heel, humble, ignoble, lousy, low, low down, lowrise, misbegotten, nasty, nefarious, no good, rascally, ravisher, recreant, scoundrel, scoundrelly, short, sneak, sneaking, sneaky, sordid, squat, swab, swob, vile, villainous), adi (abject, base, camp, campy, cheap jack, chintzy, coarse, coarse grained, common, common as dirt, commonplace, dastardly, despicable, everyday, groveling, grovelling, gutter, hackneyed, jerkwater, little, low, low class, mean, measly, no class, one horse, ordinary, ornery, picayune, picayunish, poky, rubbishy, shoddy, slavish, sleazy, twopenny, twopenny-halfpenny, vile, vulgar, wormy, yellow dog), aşağılık (abject, base, baseness, dirty, groveling, grovelling, ignoble, ignominious, inferiority, low down, lowness, mean, no class, no good, pettiness, petty, rascally, reptilian, scabby, scurvy, slavish, snotty, sordid, tinpot, unutterable, unworthy, vile, wicked, wormy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нікчемний (futile, gewgaw, no-account, not worth a damn, paltry, piffling, punk, riff raff, scrubby, shabby, trifling, unworthy), жалюгідний (abject, beggarly, caitiff, deplorable, forlorn, impoverished, lamentable, mean, miserable, parsimonious, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, queachy, snide, sorry, tatty, woeful, woesome, wretched). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bần tiện (illiberal, lousily, mean, meanly, meant, small, small-minded), đê tiện (abject, hangdog, ignoble, ignominious, lousily, plebeian, scabbily, scabby, scaly, scurvy, servile, shabby, small), đáng khinh (dirty, picayune, scaly, scurvy, threepenny, unworthy). (various references) | |
Welsh | diystyr (contemptuous), dirmygus (contemptuous). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | abiectus, contemnendus, contempta, contemptibile, contemptibilem, contemptibiles, contemptibilia, contemptibilis, contempto, contemptorum, contemptos, contemptum, contemptus, turpis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 2 Corinthians Chapter 10, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oti ai men epistolai fhsin bareiai kai iscurai h de parousia tou swmatoV asqenhV kai o logoV exouqenhmenoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quoniam quidem epistulae inquiunt graves sunt et fortes praesentia autem corporis infirma et sermo contemptibilis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For thei seien, That epistlis ben greuouse and stronge, but the presence of the bodi is feble, and the word worthi to be dispisid. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For ye pistles (sayth he) are sore and stronge: but his bodyly presence is weake and his speache rude. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For his letters (say they) are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force. |
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| Language | 2 Corinthians Chapter 10, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Kay sila magakanayon, "Ang iyang mga sulat maisugon ug makagagahum, apan mahuyang ang iyang pagkatawo, ug dili matagad ang iyang panulti." |
| Croatian | Jer "poslanice su, kaže, stroge i snažne, ali tjelesna nazoènost nemoæna i rijeè bezvrijedna". |
| Danish | thi Brevene, siger man, ere vægtige og stærke, men hans legemlige Nærværelse er svag, og hans Tale intet værd. |
| Finnish | Sillä hänen kirjeensä ovat, sanotaan, kyllä mahtavat ja pontevat, mutta ruumiillisesti läsnäollessaan hän on heikko, eikä hänen puheensa ole minkään arvoista. |
| French | Car, dit-on, ses lettres sont sévères et fortes; mais, présent en personne, il est faible, et sa parole est méprisable. |
| German | Denn die Briefe, sprechen sie, sind schwer und stark; aber die Gegenwart des Leibes ist schwach und die Rede verächtlich. |
| Hungarian | Mert, úgy mondják, a levelei ugyan súlyosak és kemények; de a maga jelenvolta erõtelen, és beszéde silány. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang berkata, "Surat-surat Paulus itu tegas dan berwibawa, tetapi kalau ia sendiri berada di tengah-tengah kita, pribadinya lemah dan kata-katanya tidak berarti apa-apa!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena kata orang, suratnya itu berat dan keras, tetapi sikapnya lemah, dan perkataannya tiada berharga. |
| Italian | Perché «le lettere - si dice - sono dure e forti, ma la sua presenza fisica è debole e la parola dimessa». |
| Maori | Ko ana pukapuka hoki, e ai ki ta ratou, he taimaha, he kaha; ko tona tinana ia i a ia i konei he ngoikore, ko tana korero he korekore noa iho. |
| Norwegian | For brevene, sier de, er myndige og djerve; men det legemlige nærvær er skrøpelig, og hans tale aktes for intet. |
| Portuguese | Porque eles dizem: As cartas dele são graves e fortes, mas a sua presença corporal é fraca, e a sua palavra desprezível. |
| Rumanian | ,,De fapt``, zic ei, ,,epistolele lui sknt cu greutate wi pline de putere; dar cknd este de fayq el knsuw, este moale, wi cuvkntul lui n`are nici o greutate.`` |
| Shuar | "Papru aarmari ti kakaram ainiawai, tura jui pujak kakarmachuiti; tura etserkatniuncha nékatsui" turutainiawai. |
| Spanish | Porque dicen: "Aunque sus cartas son duras y fuertes, su presencia física es débil, y su palabra despreciable." |
| Swahili | Mtu anaweza kusema: "Barua za Paulo ni kali na zenye maneno mazito, lakini yeye mwenyewe anapokuwa pamoja nasi ni mtu dhaifu, na hata anapoongea maneno yake ni kama si kitu." |
| Swedish | Ty man säger ju: "Hans brev äro väl myndiga och stränga, men när han kommer själv, uppträder han utan kraft, och på hans ord aktar ingen." |
| Uma | Apa' ria-ra hi retu to mpotuntui' -a, ra'uli' hewa toi: "Ane hi rala sura-na, karapo' -damo lolita-na pai' moso' paresa' -na, hampa ane hi rehe'i-i dohe-ta, mengkoru-imi pai' uma na'incai mololita!" |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "contemptible": contemptibleness, contemptiblenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Contemptible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: contempible, contempitible, contemptable, contempteble, contemptile, contemtible, conteptible. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "contemptible" (pronounced kunte"mptubul) |
| 6 | -p t u b u l | acceptable, adaptable, adoptable, imperceptible, susceptible, interruptible, perceptible, unacceptable. |
| 5 | -t u b u l | indestructible, indisputable, indomitable, inequitable, inevitable, inexhaustible, inflatable, accountable, adjustable, attributable, charitable, collectible, comfortable, compatible, constable, contestable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, creditable, debatable, deductible, delectable, detectable, digestible, discountable, disreputable, eatable, electable, equitable, excitable, exportable, forfeitable, forgettable, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hospitable, imitable, immutable, implantable, incompatible, incontrovertible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, inscrutable, insupportable, insurmountable, intractable, investable, irrefutable, irresistible, irritable, lamentable, marketable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, notable, palatable, patentable, portable, potable, predictable, presentable, preventable, printable, profitable, prosecutable, quotable, redoubtable, regrettable, rentable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resettable, respectable, retractable, tractable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, unaccountable, unbeatable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, undetectable, unelectable, unforgettable, uninhabitable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unsuitable, unsupportable, vegetable, veritable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indispensable, indistinguishable, indivisible, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inescapable, inexcusable, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, accessible, abominable, achievable, actionable, addressable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, classifiable, collapsible, Combinable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, consumable, controllable, credible, crucible, culpable, curable, defensible, definable, degradable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, determinable, developable, disagreeable, discernible, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, edible, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, hon, honorable, horrible, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, immiscible, immovable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, impermissible, implacable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, survivable, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, intolerable, invaluable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palpable, parable, passable, payable, peaceable, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, possible, practicable, preferable, probable, programmable, provable, punishable, questionable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, reducible, refundable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, repairable, repayable, replaceable, reprehensible, resealable, responsible, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, tolerable, traceable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, tunable, typeable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbelievable, unbuildable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, venerable, verifiable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-i-l-m-n-o-p-t-t" | |
-2 letters: incomplete. | |
-3 letters: competent, impotence, policemen. | |
-4 letters: cenobite, complete, compline, contempt, election, impotent, leptonic, pemoline, pentomic. | |
-5 letters: benempt, binocle, centile, centime, centimo, cineole, clement, combine, compete, compile, complin, ebonite, embolic, entitle, entopic, epitome, lection, licente, metopic, nepotic, onetime, penlite, petiole, picotee, pimento, pinocle, polemic, potence, potline, potteen, telomic, templet, tonemic, tonetic, topline, totemic. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-c-e-e-i-l-m-n-o-p-t-t" | |
+4 letters: contemptibleness. | |
+5 letters: contemptibilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Sounds 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Bible Trace 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Bibliography |
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