DESPICABLE


Meaning of DESPICABLE in English

— despicability, despicableness , n. — despicably , adv.

/des"pi keuh beuhl, di spik"euh-/ , adj.

deserving to be despised; contemptible: a mean, despicable man.

[ 1545-55; despicabilis, equiv. to L despic ( ari ) to despise or despic ( ere ) to look down ( de- DE- + -spic- look, comb. form of specere ) + -abilis -ABLE ]

Syn . vile, mean, detestable.

Ant . admirable.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .