adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
crime
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Courtney must be stopped from carrying out more despicable crimes .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Abusing a child is a despicable act.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How could anyone believe such a low, despicable thing of her?
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It's despicable to make me admit it.
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Police say the man escaped across fields after what they said was a despicable attack.
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She is using the most despicable word she can think of.
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The first is purely despicable and the second is simply contemptible.
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To pretend would be despicable - or would it?