Antonyms for despicable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : des-pi-kuh-buhl, dih-spik-uh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs pɪ kə bəl, dɪˈspɪk ə-

Definition of despicable

Origin : 1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin despicari "despise, disdain, look down on," from de- "down" (see de-) + spicare, variant of specere "to look" (see scope (n.1)).

adj hateful; beyond contempt

Example sentences :

But side by side with these despicable men what heroism we saw!
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

She had just done a thing that was mean, or at least she had done a thing from a mean, a despicable motive.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

But despicable as his conduct had been, he underwent no hasty condemnation.
Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame

The despicable methods he was adopting troubled him not in the least.
Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

I w-wouldn't have believed that anyone would be so despicable!
Extract from : « Mary Rose of Mifflin » by Frances R. Sterrett

Looks as if I was a pretty base, despicable specimen of a man, doesn't it?
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

A traitor is a despicable character, while a poltroon is only contemptible.
Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)

I expected Lorand to smite that fair mouth for this despicable calumny.
Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai

Remember that Absalom's hair was not more splendid than his habits were despicable.
Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage

To look at him was to feel that whatever his faults they were not despicable ones.
Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine

Synonyms for despicable

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