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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. That may be or deserves to be despised; contemptible; base; vile; worthless: applicable equally to persons and things: as, a despicable man; a despicable gift.
  2. Synonyms Paltry, Pitiful, etc. See contemptible.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. morally reprehensible

Etymologies

  1. 1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin dēspiciō ("I despise"), from de ("down") + speciō ("I look at, behold"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicārī, to despise; see spek- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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