Adorable and Despicable

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Adorable adjective - Having qualities that tend to make one loved.

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Despicable is an antonym for adorable in topics: lovable, cute.

Nearby Words: adoration, adoring, adored, adorably, adorer

Despicable adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

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Adorable is an antonym for despicable.

Nearby Word: despicably

Despicable Me: Come for the funny moments, a Harmless Villain and his adorable minions trying to conquer the world, stay for the story that leads to Gru's puppet book.

Source: Just For Fun / Come for the X, Stay for the Y
Gru's adorable minion thingies from Despicable Me.

Source: Adorable Evil Minions
In Japan, however, it's loved by many people who have visited Disney World, because of how Japan loves characters that are both mischievous and adorable (such as the Minions from Despicable Me and Stitch), and the titular character fits such criteria in the new version of the ride.

Source: Germans Love David Hasselhoff / Theme Parks

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