| 单词 | despicable |
| 释义 | despicable (once / 2319 pages) adj Stealing the last piece of food from a starving child goes way beyond mean. It's despicable — a vile and harmful act. Mean, nasty, and scummy are synonyms of despicable, but they don't fully convey the awfulness of despicable. A man who lies to get a promotion meant for his co-worker would be considered mean. But the despicable man — the one who is so awful and worthless that he deserves to be despised — is the one who burns down the office building and frames his co-worker for it. WORD FAMILYdespicable: despicability, despicableness, despicablest, despicably+/despicability: despicabilities USAGE EXAMPLESTed Cruz’s unconscionable defense of Senate’s despicable blocking of Obama Supreme Court appointment, and threat to continue under a Clinton administration. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) On the animated front, meanwhile, there will be third instalments in both the Cars and Despicable Me franchises. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) The U.S. vehemently condemned the killing of Mr. Karlov, with State Secretary John Kerry offering assistance to investigate what he called a “despicable attack.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) adj morally reprehensible would do something as despicable as murder Syn slimy, ugly, unworthy, vile, worthless, wretched evil morally bad or wrong |
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