I am ashamed of your despicable deed.
Source: tatoeba (63255)
Despicable
//dɪˈspɪkəbəl//
Synonyms for "despicable" (240 found)
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Related words (120)
nauseatingnefariousnoisomenotoriousnoxiousobjectionableobnoxiousobsceneodiousoffensiveoutrageouspaltrypatheticpettypitiablepitifulpokypoorrankrebarbative
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3 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 34 languages.
Basque
1 entries- txarro adj (deserving to be despised)
Belarusian
1 entries- нікчэ́мны adj (deserving to be despised)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жа́лък adj (deserving to be despised)
- презря́н adj (deserving to be despised)
Catalan
1 entries- menyspreable adj (deserving to be despised)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 卑劣 adj (deserving to be despised)
- 卑鄙 adj (deserving to be despised)
Czech
1 entries- opovrženíhodný adj (deserving to be despised)
Danish
1 entries- foragtelig adj (deserving to be despised)
Dutch
3 entries- afschuwelijk adj (deserving to be despised)
- verachtelijk adj (deserving to be despised)
- verfoeilijk adj (deserving to be despised)
Esperanto
1 entries- aĉa adj (deserving to be despised)
Finnish
2 entries- halveksittava adj (deserving to be despised)
- kurja adj (deserving to be despised)
French
3 entries- abject adj (deserving to be despised)
- détestable adj (deserving to be despised)
- méprisable adj (deserving to be despised)
Galician
4 entries- bafún adj (deserving to be despised)
- cativo adj (deserving to be despised)
- desprezabel adj (deserving to be despised)
- gandalleiro adj (deserving to be despised)
German
4 entries- abscheulich adj (deserving to be despised)
- gemein adj (deserving to be despised)
- niederträchtig adj (deserving to be despised)
- schnöde adj (deserving to be despised)
Greek
3 entries- αχαρακτήριστος adj (deserving to be despised)
- αχρείος adj (deserving to be despised)
- ποταπός adj (deserving to be despised)
Hungarian
2 entries- alávaló adj (deserving to be despised)
- megvetendő adj (deserving to be despised)
Indonesian
3 entries- hina adj (deserving to be despised)
- keji adj (deserving to be despised)
- tercela adj (deserving to be despised)
Italian
3 entries- abietto adj (deserving to be despised)
- disprezzabile adj (deserving to be despised)
- spregevole adj (deserving to be despised)
Japanese
3 entries- 卑しい adj (deserving to be despised)
- 卑劣な adj (deserving to be despised)
- 汚い adj (deserving to be despised)
Latin
1 entries- contemptus adj (deserving to be despised)
Latvian
1 entries- zemisks adj (deserving to be despised)
Macedonian
1 entries- пре́зирен adj (deserving to be despised)
Māori
2 entries- kiripiro adj (deserving to be despised)
- whakarihariha adj (deserving to be despised)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- avskyelig adj (deserving to be despised)
- foraktelig adj (deserving to be despised)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- آلچاق adj (deserving to be despised)
- ذلیل adj (deserving to be despised)
- رذیل adj (deserving to be despised)
Persian
1 entries- نفرت انگیز adj (deserving to be despised)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- niedatrajchtich adj (deserving to be despised)
Polish
1 entries- nikczemny adj (deserving to be despised)
Portuguese
1 entries- desprezível adj (deserving to be despised)
Romanian
2 entries- abject adj (deserving to be despised)
- disprețuibil adj (deserving to be despised)
Russian
3 entries- жа́лкий adj (deserving to be despised)
- никчёмный adj (deserving to be despised)
- презре́нный adj (deserving to be despised)
Spanish
4 entries- bajo adj (deserving to be despised)
- deleznable adj (deserving to be despised)
- desdeñable adj (deserving to be despised)
- despreciable adj (deserving to be despised)
Swedish
1 entries- avskyvärd adj (deserving to be despised)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нікче́мний adj (deserving to be despised)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đáng khinh adj (deserving to be despised)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.
Source: tatoeba (1792602)
He conceals a despicable heart behind his smile.
Source: tatoeba (2755717)
It's absolutely despicable.
Source: tatoeba (4874331)
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