Thesaurus:despicable
English
Adjective
Sense: fit or deserving to be despised
Synonyms
- abject
- base
- beggarly
- blameworthy
- carrion (figurative)
- cheap
- contemptible
- cringing
- dedecorous
- degraded
- deridable
- derisible
- despicable
- despisable
- dirty [⇒ thesaurus]
- discreditable
- disdainable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- execrable
- groveling
- ignoble
- ignominious
- inglorious
- lame
- laughable
- loathsome
- ludicrous
- low
- mean [⇒ thesaurus]
- mean-spirited
- miserable
- obscene [⇒ thesaurus]
- outrageous
- pitiable
- pitiful
- plebeian
- paltry
- putrid
- reprehensible
- reptile [⇒ thesaurus]
- reptilian
- reptitious (obsolete)
- ridiculous
- risible
- roynish
- scald (obsolete)
- scornworthy
- scummy
- scurvy
- shabby
- shameful
- sleazy
- slavish
- slimy
- sordid
- sorry
- trashy
- ugly [⇒ thesaurus]
- uncommendable
- uncool
- unmentionable
- unwashed
- unsophisticated
- unworthy
- vile
- vulgar
- weak [⇒ thesaurus]
- worthless [⇒ thesaurus]
- wretched
Antonyms
See also
Further reading
- “874. disrepute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “930. contempt” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “despicable” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.