Despicable, a.
Etymology: [L. despicabilis, fr. despicari to despise; akin to despicere. See Despise.]
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.
Syn. -- Contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; pitiful; paltry; sordid; low; base. See Contemptible.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for despicable; he lists it under pitiful.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.