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Disreputable vs Contemptible - What's the difference?

disreputable | contemptible |

As adjectives the difference between disreputable and contemptible

is that disreputable is not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable while contemptible is deserving contempt.

As a noun disreputable

is a person who is not reputable.

disreputable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not respectable, lacking repute; discreditable

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is not reputable.

    • contemptible

    English

    Alternative forms

    * contemptable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • deserving contempt
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=between 1812 and 1814 , author= , title= , chapter=1 , passage=Miss Ward’s match, indeed, when it came to the point, was not contemptible : Sir Thomas being happily able to give his friend an income in the living of Mansfield...}}

    Synonyms

    * despicable