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Pronunciation / Transliteration: desprezível
"Ele teve um comportamento desprezível."
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Deserving to be despised; so bad as to be morally reprehensible.
"Stealing the charity money was a despicable act."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Middle English word 'despicablum', originating from the Latin 'despicabilis', meaning 'deserving to be despised'. This traces back to the verb 'despicari', formed from 'de-' (down) + 'specere' (to look at), literally translating to 'looking down upon someone'. Over time, the semantic meaning has shifted to describe anything deserving hatred, scorn, or extreme contempt.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Despicable" is said worldwide
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méprisable
Transliteration: méprisable
"Son comportement était tout à fait méprisable."
verabscheuungswürdig
Transliteration: verabscheuungswürdig
"Das ist ein verabscheuungswürdiges Verbrechen."
disprezzabile
Transliteration: disprezzabile
"Ha commesso un atto disprezzabile."
despreciable
Transliteration: despreciable
"Su actitud hacia los demás es despreciable."
desprezível
Transliteration: desprezível
"Ele teve um comportamento desprezível."
घृणास्पद
Transliteration: ghrināspad
"यह एक घृणास्पद अपराध है।"
卑鄙的
Transliteration: bēibǐ de
"他的行为实在令人卑鄙。"
비열한
Transliteration: biyeolhan
"그의 비열한 행동은 용서받을 수 없다."
卑劣な
Transliteration: hiretsu na
"彼の卑劣な行為にはがっかりした。"
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