a. | 1. | Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; |
Adj. | 1. | despicable - 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 Synonyms: contemptible |
2. | despicable - morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them" |