Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. despicable, ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched(adj)

   morally reprehensible

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. despicable(Adjective)

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

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Despicable(adj)

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Albert Camus:

   Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

2. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid:

   The accusations leveled against Judge Kelly are despicable.

3. Bernard Cazeneuve:

   Police intervened very quickly to stop these despicable acts.

4. Donald Trump:

   But no, I would never kill them, i think that would be despicable.

5. Denis Diderot:

   It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

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