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Despicable

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

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Evil 84% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Evil 84% connected

Having qualities tending to injury and mischief; having a nature or properties which tend to badness; mischievous; not good; worthless or deleterious…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Contemptibility 74% connected

The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Contemptibility 74% connected

The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Despicableness 74% connected

The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Despicableness 74% connected

The quality of being despicable; meanness; vileness; worthlessness.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

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Slimy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to slime; resembling slime; of the nature of slime; viscous; glutinous; also, covered or daubed with slime; yielding, or abounding i…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ugly 92% connected

Offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; being of disagreeable or loathsome aspect; unsightly; repulsive; deformed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Unworthy 92% connected

Not worthy; wanting merit, value, or fitness; undeserving; worthless; unbecoming; -- often with of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Vile 92% connected

Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Worthless 92% connected

Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Wretched 92% connected

Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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