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Definition of Despicable
1. Adjective. Morally reprehensible. "A slimy little liar"
Similar to: Evil
Derivative terms: Despicability, Despicableness, Sliminess, Ugliness, Unworthiness
Definition of Despicable
1. a. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.
Definition of Despicable
1. Adjective. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Despicable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despicable
Literary usage of Despicable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the by Charles John Smith (1871)
"Despicable and CONTEMPTIBLE are only partially synonymous with the above, ...
Man's conduct is despicable when it proceeds from motives, or exhibits a ..."
2. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"2 or and more to strengthen their navy, which -was by no 3- means despicable ;
for they had a hundred and twenty triremes when the war broke out. 26. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts,: Including by John Heneage Jesse (1855)
"Holland's Character and despicable Apostacy — His Lineage—His Service in the ...
For the despicable apostacy of Holland there can scarcely be an excuse. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"... Melancholy ' to be despicable ; but it contains some choice poetry, notably
the description (after Strada) of the contention between the nightingale and ..."
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