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despicable

[ des-pi-kuh-buhl, dih-spik-uh- ]

adjective

  1. deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible:

    He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.

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despicable

/ dɪˈspɪkəbəl; ˈdɛspɪk- /

adjective

  1. worthy of being despised; contemptible; mean
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱, adverb
  • ˌ辱ˈٲ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • p··i·ٲ p···Ա noun
  • p·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of despicable1

1545–55; < Late Latin ŧ辱, equivalent to Latin ŧ辱 ( ī ) to despise or ŧ辱 ( ere ) to look down ( ŧ- de- + -spic- look, combining form of specere ) + - -able
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of despicable1

C16: from Late Latin ŧ辱, from ŧ辱ī to disdain; compare despise
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It detailed despicable acts of cruelty and ultimately concluded that such techniques, decreed to be legal by the Department of Justice, were “not an effective means of acquiring intelligence or gaining cooperation from detainees.”

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Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, told the British news outlet the Independent on Sunday that New Delhi condemned the “despicable acts.”

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Moseby doesn’t enter the story with any sort of idealism and yet he is still unmoored by just how cynical, sordid and despicable the world he is drawn into turns out to be.

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In a statement, a Home Office spokesperson described child sexual exploitation and abuse as despicable, and said tech company design choices cannot be used as an excuse not to root out "heinous crimes".

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog, posting on social media, said the hostages had been "forced to endure" a "despicable and cynical ceremony".

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