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despicable

[ des-pi-kuh-buhl, dih-spik-uh- ]

adjective

  1. deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible:

    He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.

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despicable

/ dɪˈspɪkəbəl; ˈdɛspɪk- /

adjective

  1. worthy of being despised; contemptible; mean
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱, adverb
  • ˌ辱ˈٲ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • p··i·ٲ p···Ա noun
  • p·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of despicable1

1545–55; < Late Latin ŧ辱, equivalent to Latin ŧ辱 ( ī ) to despise or ŧ辱 ( ere ) to look down ( ŧ- de- + -spic- look, combining form of specere ) + - -able
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Word History and Origins

Origin of despicable1

C16: from Late Latin ŧ辱, from ŧ辱ī to disdain; compare despise
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Example Sentences

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Describing the incident as a "cowardly terror attack on tourists", Sinha wrote on X: "I assure the people that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished."

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The set proves that having standards and integrity, even in the face of your oppressors and the ugliness they broadcast, will create something beautiful enough to combat even the most despicable reality.

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She called the media outrage over his deportation "despicable."

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But police said MacCormack had committed a series of despicable offences against vulnerable young women.

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It detailed despicable acts of cruelty and ultimately concluded that such techniques, decreed to be legal by the Department of Justice, were “not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining cooperation from detainees.”

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