despicable

1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin dēspicor, a variant of dēspiciō (“I despise”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“I look at, behold”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈspɪkəbəl/, /ˈdɛspɪkəbəl/

despicable (comparative more despicable, superlative most despicable)

1. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean

   Synonyms: vile, evil, mean, contemptible

• See also Thesaurus:despicable

• honorable

despicable (plural despicables)

1. A wretched or wicked person.
   • 2004, Wayne Campbell Kannaday, Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition

     Robbers assemble other robbers for the purpose of robbery; but Christians gather thieves, bandits, and other despicables for the purpose of spiritual transformation.