Usually means: Worthy of contempt; thoroughly disliked.
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  1. despisable: Merriam-Webster
  2. despisable: Collins English Dictionary
  3. despisable: Wordnik
  4. despisable: Wiktionary
  5. Despisable, despisable: Dictionary.com
  6. Despisable: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. despisable: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Despisable: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. despisable: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. despisable: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Despisable: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (despisable)

▸ adjective:  (archaic) Worthy to be despised.

Similar:
vituperious, contemptable, abhorrible, disdainous, disdaineful, abhorrable, abominable, despitous, dedecorous, accursed, more...

Opposite:
admirable, commendable, praiseworthy

Types:
contemptible, despicable, disgusting, loathsome, odious, revolting, more...

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Similar:
vituperious, contemptable, abhorrible, disdainous, disdaineful, abhorrable, abominable, despitous, dedecorous, accursed, more...

Opposite:
admirable, commendable, praiseworthy

Types:
contemptible, despicable, disgusting, loathsome, odious, revolting, more...



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