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- Dictionarydespicable/dɪˈspɪkəbl/
adjective
- 1. deserving hatred and contempt: "a despicable crime"
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very unpleasant or bad, causing strong feelings of dislike: despicable behaviour. He's a despicable human being! It was despicable of her to lie about her friend. Synonyms. abominable. contemptible. execrable formal. odious formal. vile. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant. abominable. abominably. abysmally.
The meaning of DESPICABLE is deserving to be despised : so worthless or obnoxious as to rouse moral indignation. How to use despicable in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Despicable.
Despicable definition: deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible. See examples of DESPICABLE used in a sentence.
If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
very unpleasant or bad, causing strong feelings of dislike: despicable behavior. He's a despicable human being! It was despicable of her to lie about her friend. Synonyms. abominable. contemptible. execrable formal. odious formal. vile. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant. abominable. abominably. abysmally.
Define despicable. despicable synonyms, despicable pronunciation, despicable translation, English dictionary definition of despicable. adj. Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile. de·spic′a·ble·ness n. de·spic′a·bly adv. Usage Note: The original standard pronunciation of despicable had stress...
Stealing the last piece of food from a starving child goes way beyond mean. It's despicable — a vile and harmful act. Mean, nasty, and scummy are synonyms of despicable, but they don't fully convey the awfulness of despicable.
