despicable
Worthy of scorn
Despicable means deserving to be despised—worthy of contempt or moral disgust.
The word carries strong condemnation: a despicable act, a despicable person.
It implies not just wrongdoing but a meanness or cowardice that invites scorn: It was despicable of him to blame his assistant for his own mistakes.
Deserving strong disrespect
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- detestableWorthy of intense dislike
- abhorrentCausing intense revulsion
- reprehensibleDeserving condemnation
shameful · disgraceful · deplorable · odious · execrable · abominable · heinous · vile
Extremely evil or villainous
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- malevolentHarboring ill will
- dastardlyWicked and cowardly
diabolical · sinister · fiendish · treacherous · scheming · cruel · vicious · corrupt
contemptible
Deserving strong disrespect
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
- detestableWorthy of intense dislike
- abhorrentCausing intense revulsion
reprehensible · shameful · disgraceful · deplorable · odious · execrable · abominable · heinous · vile · base
nefarious
Extremely evil or villainous
- wickedEvil or slang-excellent
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- malevolentHarboring ill will
dastardly · diabolical · sinister · fiendish · treacherous · scheming · cruel · vicious · corrupt · depraved
disgusting
Provoking strong revulsion
- repulsiveCausing strong disgust
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
nauseating · sickening · foul · gross · offensive · obnoxious · hideous · appalling · atrocious · horrid
- wickedevil, wicked, villainous, malicious, sinister
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
- statusstatus, prestige, ranking, reputation, elite
despicablelaudable
Deserving of recognition
praiseworthy · respectable · reputable · commendable · meritorious
- Despicable MeIllumination's villain-turned-father series
- Despicable Me 2