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comparative more despicable, superlative most despicable
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean. quotations examples
The physical penis is consumed by despicable fish, animals of the turgid depths, but the higher phallus, the image of resurrection through the goddess, is fashioned as a sacred icon.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 234
plural despicables
A wretched or wicked person. quotations examples
Robbers assemble other robbers for the purpose of robbery; but Christians gather thieves, bandits, and other despicables for the purpose of spiritual transformation.
2004, Wayne Campbell Kannaday, Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition