卑劣

ひれつ【卑劣】

meanness

〖U〗いやしさ；卑劣さ；〖C〗卑劣な行為， 意地悪.

▲She condescended to cheat in the exam. 彼女は卑劣にも試験でカンニングをした.

◇ → 卑劣な

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ひれつ【卑劣】

～な mean; nasty; low(-minded); sordid; dirty; shabby; sneaky; cowardly; contemptible; despicable; dastard(ly); 《口》 low-down; shitty; 《文》 base; ignoble.

●卑劣な手段 a dirty [nasty, mean] trick

・卑劣なことをする do something mean [nasty, despicable]; play sb foul; 《口》 hit [strike] below the belt

・卑劣きわまりない方法 absolutely despicable [utterly contemptible] methods.

●陰口を言うのは卑劣なことだ. It is contemptible to talk [say nasty things] about people behind their backs.

・そんな卑劣なことをするような男ではない. He wouldn't [He's not the kind of bastard who would] do something like that. | He'd never behave so contemptibly.

卑劣さ meanness; nastiness; 《文》 baseness.

卑劣漢 a (mean) bastard; 《米》 a low-down skunk; a heel; 《俗》 a (real [complete]) shit.