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Synonyms for despicable
Adjective
- 1. contemptible, despicable, ignoble (vs. noble)
- usage: worthy only of being despised and rejected; "a contemptible lack of courage"; "A little, wretched, despicable creature, a worm, a mere nothing...that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth"- Jonathan Edwards
- 2. despicable, ugly, vile, unworthy, evil (vs. good), wicked
- usage: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"
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