despicable

adjective
UK: /dɪˈspɪkəbəl/
US: /dəˈspɪkəbəl/

  1. Very bad or unpleasant; deserving hatred and contempt.

    1. His behavior was despicable.
    2. It's despicable to lie about someone to ruin their career; the act is morally repugnant.

Synonyms

contemptible vile disgusting loathsome abominable detestable offensive reprehensible wretched ignominious

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The phonetic transcription of "despicable" is /dɪˈspɪkəbəl/ in British English and /dəˈspɪkəbəl/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "despicable": contemptible, vile, disgusting, loathsome, abominable, detestable, offensive, reprehensible, wretched, ignominious.

Example usage of "despicable": "His behavior was despicable.". More examples on the page.