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Contaminated vs Despicable - What's the difference?

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Contaminated is a related term of despicable.


As adjectives the difference between contaminated and despicable

is that contaminated is adulterated; impure while despicable is fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless.

As a verb contaminated

is (contaminate).

contaminated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (contaminate)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • adulterated; impure

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "contaminated" is often applied: food, meat, fish, milk, water, groundwater, land, soil, sediment, site, property, air, product, material.

    despicable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * mean * vile

    Antonyms

    * honorable

    References

    English words suffixed with -able