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Definitions for Despicable
ˈdɛs pɪ kə bəl, dɪˈspɪk ə-de·spi·ca·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretchedadjective

    morally reprehensible

    "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

Wiktionary

  1. despicableadjective

    Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. DESPICABLEadjective

    Contemptible; vile; mean; sordid; worthless. It is applied equally to persons or things.

    Etymology: despicabilis, Latin.

    Our case were miserable, if that wherewith we most endeavour to please God, were in his sight so vile and despicable as mens disdainful speech would make it. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 23.

    Their heads as low
    Bow’d down in battle, sunk before the spears
    Of despicable foes. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. i. 437.

    All th’ earth he gave thee to possess and rule,
    No despicable gift! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi. l. 340.

    All the quiet that could be expected from such a reign, must be the result of absolute power on the one hand, and a despicable slavery on the other. Addison.

    When men of rank and figure pass away their lives in criminal pursuits and practices, they render themselves more vile and despicable than any innocent man can be, whatever low station his fortune and birth have placed him in. Addison.

Wikipedia

  1. despicable

    Despise (adjective form: despicable) means to regard with contempt or scorn.

ChatGPT

  1. despicable

    Despicable refers to something or someone that is deserving of intense contempt, hatred, or disgust because of their immoral, wicked, or repulsive behavior, qualities, or actions. It is often used to describe behavior that is considered extremely unfair, unacceptable or disgracefully shameful.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Despicableadjective

    fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Despicable

    des′pi-ka-bl, adj. deserving to be despised: contemptible: worthless.—ns. Des′picableness, Despicabil′ity.—adv. Des′picably. [L. despicĕre, to despise.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Despicable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Despicable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Despicable in a Sentence

  1. Mark Bankston:

    Now that is a huge verdict to be sure, but it is one that will do justice to the level of harm done in this case, harm that was done to the parents, grieving parents of murdered children who have had to endure for 10 years, the most despicable and vile campaign of defamation and slander in American history.

  2. Mark Bankston:

    Harm that was done to the parents, grieving parents of murdered children who have had to endure for 10 years, the most despicable and vile campaign of defamation and slander in American history.

  3. Kentucky Education Association:

    It is our hope that they wont, making educators who are all citizens of this Commonwealth choose between keeping their livelihood and exercising their constitutional rights is despicable.

  4. New York:

    Like all New Yorkers, I am appalled by the senseless murder of Timothy Caughman, in New York, no one should feel unsafe for who they are, and this despicable attack on one New Yorker is an attack on all New Yorkers.

  5. Real Madrid:

    We do not know who the author or authors of this despicable act are, but their anonymity does not help them avoid responsibility. We hope that the authorities manage to clear up the circumstances and that justice helps to banish these types of behaviors.

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