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Despicable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

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

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

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.

Synonyms Paltry, Pitiful, etc. See contemptible.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. morally reprehensible

Word Usage

"Rutgers women's basketball players today blast Don Imus for what they call his despicable language about their team, but the players have agreed to meet with Imus to hear his point of view."

Equivalent

evil

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

pitiful base paltry mean contemptible low sordid worthless vile

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

explicable extricable

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

contemptible cowardly vile hateful detestable shameful dastardly sordid ignoble deprave