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Despicable

Despicable Meaning & Definition
Despicable Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Despicable?

[adj] morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
[adj] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Despicable: contemptible | evil | ignoble | ugly | unworthy | vile | wicked

Related Terms | Find terms related to Despicable: abhorrent | abject | abominable | arrant | atrocious | awful | base | beastly | beggarly | below contempt | beneath contempt | blameworthy | brutal | cheap | cheesy | common | contemptible | crude | crummy | debased | degraded | deplorable | depraved | detestable | dire | dirty | disgraceful | disgusting | disreputable | dreadful | egregious | enormous | execrable | fetid | filthy | flagrant | forbidding | foul | fulsome | gaudy | gimcracky | grave | grievous | gross | hateful | heinous | horrible | horrid | ignoble | ignominious | infamous | lamentable | little | loathsome | lousy | low | low-down | lumpen | malodorous | mangy | mean | measly | mephitic | meretricious | miasmal | miasmic | miserable | monstrous | nasty | nauseating | nefarious | noisome | notorious | noxious | objectionable | obnoxious | obscene | odious | offensive | outrageous | paltry | pathetic | petty | pitiable | pitiful | poky | poor | rank | rebarbative | regrettable | repellent | reprehensible | reptilian | repugnant | repulsive | revolting | rotten | rubbishy | sad | scabby | scandalous | schlock | scrubby | scruffy | scummy | scurvy | scuzzy | shabby | shameful | shameless | shocking | shoddy | sickening | small | sordid | sorry | squalid | stinking | terrible | too bad | trashy | trumpery | two-for-a-cent | two-for-a-penny | twopenny | twopenny-halfpenny | ugly | unclean | unmentionable | valueless | vile | villainous | woeful | worst | worthless | wretched

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Despicable In Webster's Dictionary

\Des"pi*ca*ble\, a. [L. despicabilis, fr. despicari to despise; akin to despicere. See {Despise}.] Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift. Syn: Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry; sordid; low; base. See {Contemptible}.

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