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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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • despicability noun
  • despicableness noun
  • despicably adverb
  • ˈ辱 adverb
  • ˌ辱ˈٲ noun
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51Թ 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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of despicable1

C16: from Late Latin ŧ辱, from ŧ辱ī to disdain; compare despise
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Strangely — or maybe not so strangely — at the same time that the U.S. is deporting such “despicable human beings,” it’s demanding the extradition of others, including dozens of Mexicans.

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Nazi architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg argued that it was not social conditioning that produced such despicable degenerates, but race, and in particular race-mixing.

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Netanyahu said that Macron had "once again chosen to side with a murderous Islamist terrorist organisation and echo its despicable propaganda, accusing Israel of blood libels".

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"We will implement additional safeguards to help prevent incidents like this in the future. Let us be clear, despicable behaviour like this will not be tolerated."

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It was “despicable,” she said, to leave homes empty when so many were in need.

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