English-Thai Dictionary

despicable

ADJ เลวทราม  ระยำ  ชั่วร้าย  ชั่วช้า  เลว  ต่ำช้า  น่ารังเกียจ  abject contemptible mean leo-sam

 

despicableness

N ความ น่ารังเกียจ เลวทราม 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESPICABLE

a.[Low L. To look down, to despise; to look. ] That may be or deserves to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; applicable equally to persons and things; as a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

 

DESPICABLENESS

n.The quality or state of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESPICABLE

Des "pi *ca *ble, a. Etym: [L. despicabilis, fr. despicari to despise; akin to despicere. See Despise. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

DESPICABLENESS

DESPICABLENESS Des "pi *ca *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

despicable

des pi ca ble |diˈspikəbəl dəˈspɪkəbəl ˈdɛspəkəbəl | ▶adjective deserving hatred and contempt: a despicable crime. DERIVATIVES des pi ca bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin despicabilis, from despicari ‘look down on. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

despicable

despicable |dɪˈspɪkəb (ə )l, ˈdɛspɪk -| ▶adjective deserving hatred and contempt: a despicable crime. DERIVATIVES despicably adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from late Latin despicabilis, from despicari ‘look down on ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

despicable

despicable adjective despicable crimes: contemptible, loathsome, hateful, detestable, reprehensible, abhorrent, abominable, awful, heinous; odious, vile, low, mean, abject, shameful, ignominious, shabby, ignoble, disreputable, discreditable, unworthy; informal dirty, rotten, lowdown, lousy; beastly; archaic scurvy. ANTONYMS admirable.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

despicable

despicable adjective these were particularly despicable crimes: contemptible, loathsome, hateful, detestable, reprehensible, abhorrent, abominable, awful, heinous, beyond the pale; odious, execrable, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, disgusting, horrible, horrid, horrifying, obnoxious, nauseating, offensive, distasteful, beneath /below contempt; vile, base, low, mean, abject, shameful, degrading, ignominious, cheap, shabby, miserable, wretched, sorry, scurvy; infamous, villainous, ignoble, disreputable, discreditable, unworthy, unscrupulous, unprincipled, unsavoury; informal dirty, filthy, dirty rotten, rotten, low-down, no-good, beastly, lousy; archaic caitiff. ANTONYMS admirable; noble.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

despicable

des pi ca ble /dɪspɪ́kəb (ə )l, déspɪk -/形容詞 軽蔑 （けいべつ ）すべき, 卑しい, 卑劣な .des p í ca bly 副詞