In fact, she hates the whole human race, "so unprepossessingly UPRIGHT, gangly, and so BARE," without fur or feathers: "Tiny despots in a universe that may be equally despicable."

We have no doubt in the world that, if the other forms of art had been equally despised, they would have been equally despicable.

You're both . . . both equally despicable!

For a plot, there is a rivalry between the two equally despicable dons, Masseria and Faranzano, whom Luciano and Lansky outsmart.

Ponzimonium introduces some of the lesser known, but equally despicable fraudsters that have been uncovered since 2008 by the CFTC and SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission).

They are all equally despicable.

Although trafficking in women and children is mainly directed towards sexual exploitation, it is also, unfortunately, used for other purposes that are equally despicable and degrading for a human being: forced labour, slavery and - something I find even more ignominious - the export of organs.

But that would cause a scene, as would allowing herself to be squabbled over by two equally despicable curs in fine clothing.