Sentence examples for Despicable from inspiring English sources

'despicable' is a correct and usable word in written English
It is often used to describe someone or something that is deserving of contempt or disgust. Some synonyms for 'despicable' are vile, contemptible, and detestable. Example: Her behavior towards her employees was despicable, as she constantly belittled and mistreated them.

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Despicable

adjective

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless

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It's despicable".

Advocates for criminalisation will argue that "prostituted persons" (a despicable term that denies our agency) will be decriminalised under the new proposals.

"This is a concerted campaign by malicious and despicable individuals to cause distress to Neil Lennon.

Meledandri is a whizz at what he does, and previously delivered the superb Despicable Me (the sequel is due in 2013) for Universal, so it's little surprise that The Lorax was able to dominate the US box office charts at the weekend, even if the scale of victory stunned everybody.

Stuart Heritage Winner: In Touch magazine The most innovative use of another human body is indisputably In Touch's honour, for its (frankly despicable) outing of Bruce Jenner – one-time Olympic athlete and husband of matriarchal entertainment behemoth Kris Kardashian – as a transitioning woman.

And Gru, the evil genius in Despicable Me, becomes the adoptive father of three cutesy little girls.

The weekend session is a troubling 51% down on the equivalent from 2013, when Despicable Me 2 landed in the top spot.

As Laura Miller wrote in Salon: "In Kyle's version of the Iraq war, the parties consisted of Americans, who are good by virtue of being American, and fanatic Muslims whose 'savage, despicable evil' led them to want to kill Americans simply because they are Christians".

Sadly, we have come to expect this treatment of older women, but it is Kate's age, highlighted by the paper, that makes her transgression so despicable.

Across the board our politicians' behaviour was despicable.

Clegg's despicable move highlights how all three parties are twisting themselves into contorted knots, such is their desperation to look tough.

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