despicable
English
Etymology
1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin dēspicor, a variant of dēspiciō (“I despise”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“I look at, behold”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈspɪkəbəl/, /ˈdɛspɪkəbəl/
Adjective
despicable (comparative more despicable, superlative most despicable)
- Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean
- Synonyms: vile, evil, mean, contemptible
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:despicable
Antonyms
Translations
deserving to be despised
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Noun
despicable (plural despicables)
- A wretched or wicked person.
- 2004, Wayne Campbell Kannaday, Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition
- Robbers assemble other robbers for the purpose of robbery; but Christians gather thieves, bandits, and other despicables for the purpose of spiritual transformation.
- 2004, Wayne Campbell Kannaday, Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition
References
- “despicable” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
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