worthy of being despised; contemptible; mean
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des•pi•ca•ble /ˈdɛspɪkəbəl, dɪˈspɪkə-/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- deserving to be despised:a despicable lie.
des•pi•ca•ble
(des′pi kə bəl, di spik′ə-),USA pronunciation adj.
des′pi•ca•bil′i•ty, des′pi•ca•ble•ness, n.
des′pi•ca•bly, adv.
- deserving to be despised;
contemptible:a mean, despicable man.
- Late Latin dēspicābilis, equivalent. to Latin dēspic(ārī) to despise or dēspic(ere) to look down (dē- de- + -spic- look, combining form of specere) + -ābilis -able
- 1545–55
des′pi•ca•bly, adv.
- vile, mean, detestable.
- admirable.
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'despicable' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abject
- base
- bastard
- bastardly
- bleeder
- blighter
- bugger
- caitiff
- cheap
- contempt
- contemptible
- cur
- despise
- despite
- dick
- dickhead
- dickish
- dog
- dregs
- hound
- ignoble
- ignominious
- knacker
- low-down
- lowlife
- mean
- miserable
- moer
- motherfucker
- nauseous
- odious
- odium
- petty
- pimp
- pissant
- pisspot
- pitiful
- poep
- prick
- putz
- rat
- ratbag
- reptile
- reptilian
- rotten
- rotter
- scab
- scabby
- scaly
- scullion