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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
despicable /dɪˈspɪkəb(ə)l, ˈdɛspɪk-/

▶adjective deserving hatred and contempt.

– derivatives
despicably adverb.

– origin C16: from late L. despicabilis, from despicari ‘look down on’.

'despicable' also found in these Oxford entries:

bastard - candy-ass - contempt - cur - dastard - motherfucker - rat - scuzzball - slimeball - whoreson - worm - wormy

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