despicable
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This pubescent Vance has been adorned with a rainbow propeller hat and a swirly lollipop, morphed into a patriotic Minion from Despicable Me, and rendered as lisping Hans Landa, the Nazi villain from Inglourious Basterds.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2025
Despicable Me 4 and Kung Fu Panda 4 were also overlooked.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025
"Despicable," Pope Francis called it recently during his annual address to the world’s ambassadors to the Vatican, urging for a global ban "to prohibit this practice universally."
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024
"Happy," written for the animated movie "Despicable Me 2," earned Williams one of his two Oscar nominations.
From Reuters • Feb. 14, 2023
Despicable would it seem to me, if any clownish squire of the goose-quill should publicly and censoriously demand of me in what way this self-cabinet-piece of Schmelzle's has come into my hands.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
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