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despicable

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des⋅pi⋅ca⋅ble

  [des-pi-kuh-buhl, di-spik-uh-]
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–adjective
deserving to be despised; contemptible: a mean, despicable man.
Origin:
1545–55; < LL dēspicābilis, equiv. to L dēspic(ārī) to despise or dēspic(ere) to look down (dē- de- + -spic- look, comb. form of specere) + -ābilis -able

Related forms:
des⋅pi⋅ca⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, des⋅pi⋅ca⋅ble⋅ness, noun
des⋅pi⋅ca⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
vile, mean, detestable.

Antonyms:
admirable.
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de·spic·a·ble   (dĭ-spĭk'ə-bəl, děs'pĭ-kə-)   
adj.  Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile.

[Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicārī, to despise; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]
de·spic'a·ble·ness n., de·spic'a·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

despicable 
1553, from L.L. despicabilis, from L. despicari "look down on," from de- "down" + variant of specere "to look" (see scope (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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