despicable

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  1. adjective Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.

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  • What I find truly despicable is the way O'Brien keeps using Palin's pregnant 17-year-old daughter as fodder for jokes. —  FREEDOM EDEN
  • Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, as the moment comic books came of age, thereby forcing insecure folks to coin the despicable term "graphic novel" so they'd never be caught dead speaking seriously about something as silly as a "comic book." —  www.philadelphiaweekly.com Philadelphia Weekly
  • McCain needs to be blamed for the dishonest, despicable, and dishonorable nature of his campaign. —  Griper Blade
  • And what I find despicable is the president and his cohorts using the "opportunity" of an economic crisis to bring about these transformative policies by subterfuge. —  Right Wing Nut House
  • It is extremely base, despicable, and dehumanizing. —  WordPress.com News
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contemptible ·  cowardly ·  vile ·  hateful ·  detestable ·  shameful ·  dastardly ·  sordid ·  ignoble ·  deprave ·  wicked ·  worthless
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicārī, to despise; see spek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Italian despicabile, from Late Latin despicabilis, contemptible, from despicari, despise, from Latin despicere, despise: see despise. Cf. despisable.
 

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/ˈdɛspɪkəbl/
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