Hypertext Webster Gateway: "despicable"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Despicable \Des"pi*ca*ble\, a. [L. despicabilis, fr. despicari
to despise; akin to despicere. See {Despise}.]
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile;
worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a
despicable gift.
Syn: Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry;
sordid; low; base. See {Contemptible}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
despicable
adj 1: 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 [syn: {contemptible}]
2: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery
appalled them" [syn: {ugly}, {vile}, {unworthy}]
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