Used with adjective complement

• become: They became contemptible in ( His sight ) so they disobeyed Him.

Modifying Another Word

• utterly: In fact such people are generally regarded as utterly contemptible.

• so: They do not even deserve a reply they are so contemptible.

• also: Here he is not just ignorant, he is also contemptible.

• too: Equally too contemptible to merit discussion, the Great Coach Seat Belt Panic got a mention in passing.

Modifies a noun

• person: Then still more contemptible persons were selected, that the lamented youth might be condemned by them in their madness.

• army: It was promptly dubbed by Germany's leader, Kaiser Wilhelm II, ' a contemptible little army ' .

• piece: The Irish Democrat described the agreement was " the most squalid and contemptible piece of hypocrisy since Lloyd George swindled Michael Collins " .

• thing: I will speak unto them of the most contemptible thing: that, however, is the last man!

• act: His wife is morally no better than a murderess and the lawyers supporting her no better than accessories to this contemptible act.

• way: To me this was a sign of the contemptible way our officer class treated colonial troops in those times.