despicable

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

de·spic·able BrE [dɪˈspɪkəbl] NAmE [dɪˈspɪkəbl] rarely [ˈdespɪkəbl] NAmE [ˈdespɪkəbl] adjective (formal)
very unpleasant or evil
•a despicable act/crime
•I hate you! You're despicable.

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent.: from late Latin despicabilis, from despicari ‘look down on’.

Thesaurus:
despicable [despicable] adj. (formal)
•a despicable act
cheap • • worthless • |BrE dishonourable • |AmE dishonorable • |formal contemptible • |written feckless •
Opp: admirable
despicable/dishonourable of sb
despicable/dishonourable conduct
a despicable/worthless/contemptible/feckless man/woman

Example Bank:
•Police have condemned the theft from an elderly widow as despicable.
•To fail was considered despicable.
•What I find particularly despicable is their neglect of old people.
•I hate you! You're despicable.
•That was a despicable act.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ugly, vile, slimy, unworthy, worthless, wretched