despicable
Meanings
Plural: despicables
Adjective Satellite
- morally reprehensible
- "would do something as despicable as murder"
Adj
- Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
Noun
- A wretched or wicked person.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
abject, base, beggarly, blameworthy, carrion, cheap, contemptible, cringing, dedecorous, degraded, deridable, derisible, despicable, despisable, dirty, discreditable, disdainable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, evil, execrable, groveling, ignoble, ignominious, inglorious, lame, laughable, loathsome, low, ludicrous, mean, mean-spirited, miserable, obscene, outrageous, paltry, pitiable, pitiful, plebeian, putrid, reprehensible, reptile, reptilian, reptitious, ridiculous, risible, roynish, scald, scornworthy, scummy, scurvy, shabby, shameful, slavish, sleazy, slimy, sordid, sorry, trashy, ugly, uncommendable, uncool, unmentionable, unsophisticated, unwashed, unworthy, vile, vulgar, weak, worthless, wretched
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
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