despicable

despicable
despicability, despicableness, n.despicably, adv.
/des"pi keuh beuhl, di spik"euh-/, adj.
deserving to be despised; contemptible: a mean, despicable man.
[1545-55; < LL despicabilis, equiv. to L despic(ari) to despise or despic(ere) to look down (de- DE- + -spic- look, comb. form of specere) + -abilis -ABLE]
Syn. vile, mean, detestable.
Ant. admirable.

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