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- Dictionarydespicable/dɪˈspɪkəbl/
adjective
- 1. deserving hatred and contempt: "a despicable crime"
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very unpleasant or bad, causing strong feelings of dislike: despicable behaviour. He's a despicable human being! It was despicable of her to lie about her friend. Synonyms. abominable. contemptible. execrable formal. odious formal. vile. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant. abominable. abominably. abysmally.
very unpleasant or bad, causing strong feelings of dislike: despicable behavior. He's a despicable human being! It was despicable of her to lie about her friend. Synonyms. abominable. contemptible. execrable formal. odious formal. vile. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant. abominable. abominably. abysmally.
The meaning of DESPICABLE is deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation. How to use despicable in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Despicable.
If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil. [ emphasis ] The Minister said the bombing was a despicable crime.
Despicable definition: deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible. See examples of DESPICABLE used in a sentence.
Definition of despicable adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Despicable Definition. dispikəbəl, despikəbəl. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Deserving to be despised; contemptible. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: worthless. unworthy. ugly. wretched. slimy. vile. miserable. sordid. scurvy. pitiful. hateful. cheap. caitiff. shabby. low.
Stealing the last piece of food from a starving child goes way beyond mean. It's despicable — a vile and harmful act. Mean, nasty, and scummy are synonyms of despicable, but they don't fully convey the awfulness of despicable.
Define despicable. despicable synonyms, despicable pronunciation, despicable translation, English dictionary definition of despicable. adj. Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile. de·spic′a·ble·ness n. de·spic′a·bly adv. Usage Note: The original standard pronunciation of despicable had stress...
Britannica Dictionary definition of DESPICABLE. [more despicable; most despicable] somewhat formal. : very bad or unpleasant : deserving to be despised. She is a despicable traitor. It was a despicable [= contemptible] act of racism.
