adjective

deserving contempt; despicable.

a display of contemptible cowardice

despicable,detestable,hateful,reprehensible,deplorable,loathsome,odious,revolting,execrable,unspeakable,heinous,shocking,offensive,disgraceful,shameful,ignominious,abject,low,mean,cowardly,unworthy,discreditable,pitiful,pitiable,petty,worthless,shabby,cheap,beyond contempt,beyond the pale,sordid,degenerate,base,vile,villainous,scurvy