despicable

Meaning

Adj

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.

Noun

A wretched or wicked person.

Synonyms

contemptible

mean

vile

base

worthless

abominable

wicked

abject

wretched

low

unworthy

detestable

bad

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dirty

ugly

disgusting

evil

shabby

nasty

slimy

foul

loathsome

abhorrent

miserable

paltry

defiled

awful

pitiful

repulsive

hateful

horrible

depraved

ignoble

devilish

vicious

shameful

sleazy

slipshod

sordid

sorry

squalid

trifling

turpitude

uncivilized

unpropitious

worst

unworthy of notice

hateworthy

accursed

banal

Translations

abject

despreciable

abietto

méprisable

verabscheuungswürdig

verachtenswert

gemein

disprezzabile

spregevole

verächtlich

verachtelijk

desprezível

abscheulich

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈspɪkəbəl/

Etymology

From Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicor, a variant of dēspiciō (“I despise”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“I look at, behold”). First attested in the 1550s. Equivalent to despise + -able.