Despicable
Despicable adjective - Not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency.
Usage example: the cad's despicable behavior toward women
Evil is a synonym for despicable. In some cases you can use "Evil" instead an adjective "Despicable".
Nearby Word: despicably
Evil
Evil adjective - Not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable.
Usage example: their evil deeds rank among the worst in history
Despicable is a synonym for evil in monstrous topic. Sometimes you can use "Despicable" instead an adjective "Evil".
Nearby Word: evilly
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However, while much of the crew hates the Grik for being despicable and evil, the captain seems to hate them for the same reason he hates Americans... they're not Japanese.
Source: Literature / Destroyermen - Justified, and even averted in both cases, as some characters have backstories where vermin are despicable and evil to other vermin, and woodlanders are despicable and evil to other goodbeasts (most notably with Ozgin, who was raped by her former captain).
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Even Noah Cross, one of the most evil and despicable villains ever put on screen, is visibly shocked and upset when Evelyn Mulwray is shot. Subverted.
Source: Film / Chinatown
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