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Meaning of "despicability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPICABILITY

despicability  [dɪˌspɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPICABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despicability is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DESPICABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of despicability in the English dictionary

The definition of despicability in the dictionary is worthiness of being despised; contemptibility; meanness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPICABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPICABILITY

desperateness
desperation
despicable
despicableness
despicably
despiritualise
despiritualize
despisable
despisal
despise
despisedness
despisement
despiser
despisingly
despite
despiteful
despitefully
despitefulness
despiteous
despiteously

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPICABILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of despicability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «despicability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESPICABILITY

Find out the translation of despicability to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of despicability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despicability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

despicability
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despicability
570 millions of speakers

English

despicability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

despicability
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دناءة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

despicability
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

despicability
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

despicability
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

despicability
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemusnahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

despicability
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

despicability
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

despicability
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Despicability
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

despicability
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

despicability
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नीचपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

despicability
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

despicability
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

despicability
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

despicability
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

despicability
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

despicability
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

despicability
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

despicability
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

despicability
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despicability

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPICABILITY»

The term «despicability» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.121 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPICABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «despicability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «despicability» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despicability

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPICABILITY»

Discover the use of despicability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despicability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Best of the Joy of Tech
Despicability. Field. S: This comic was inspired by the antitrust trials, but also by the intense hatred that Bill Gates seems to generate all on his own. If Steve Jobs has his Reality Distortion field... what would Bill have? The Alfred E. New- ...
Snaggy, 2003
2
Understanding Torture
Chapter. 3. The. Wrongness. of. Torture: Identifying. Torture's. Unique. Despicability. The torture debate Torture persists — and so do the arguments in its favor. Torture is nevertheless nearly universally regarded as abhorrent, unlike so many ...
J. Jeremy Wisnewski, 2010
3
Orion You Came and You Took All My Marbles
... he told me, — are one of my Most Hated Things. I find you utterly and irrevocably despicable. I nodded. This was no secret. —However, he said, — you know as well that Murphy is, to my thinking, a notch or two ahead of you in despicability.
Kira Henehan, 2010
4
The index to our railway system, and our leading lines, for ...
... Study to acquire an accurate and connected view of the utter despicability of mankind." That the chairmen, directors, and principal managers of these mineral carrying trunk systems are ardent followers of the doctrine of the German pessimist ...
William Fleming (compiler of railway time-tables.), 1876
5
The King of the Park
"First charge," said the sergeant abruptly, " disdainful despicability of my wife's affections ; second charge, murderous and malicious designs against your own precious and peculiar self." Eugene did not know the meaning of despicability ; but ...
Marshall Saunders, 1897
6
Griots at War: Conflict, Conciliation, and Caste in Mande
However, his arguments, which bear reiterating here, are also directed against the notion of caste as “outcast” with correlate implications of despicability in Mande society where the profession of smithing has been “cast out . . . to the periphery ...
Barbara G. Hoffman, 2001
7
Tenets Retold
Cold was despised then as now (for reasons best known to those who had invented despicability, who had somehow made despicability acceptable to others) and cold could only be dispelled by creating energy, an ability with which one was ...
Werner Lossau
8
Vicar of wrethill
dividual despicability, or from believing that all human aflections are degrading ? " " Not exactly from either. As for you, Rosalind,— is it not the weak and wavering Hamlet who says, in one of those flashes of rine philosophy that burst athwart ...
Frances Trollope, 1840
9
The Vicar of Wrexhill
are conscious of a kindly sentiment towards me, arises from your conviction of my individual despicability, or from believing that all human affections are degrading ?" " Not exactly from either. As for you, Rosalind, — is it not the weak and ...
Frances Milton Trollope, 1837
10
Theory of Liberty, Legitimacy and Power
In other words, it is assumed thatthe attribution of honor (or despicability) has a certain meaning to people, andthat this ... on the basisof this, to identify the peculiarfeatures with which honor (or despicability) is associated, and tomake sense ...
Vatro Murvar, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPICABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term despicability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Street Groper Targets Friend Of Local Female UFC Fighter, Things …
... this for a job), but rather than cut his losses and walk away, he instead descended further in to the despicability pit and grabbed her hair. «Alice @ 97.3, Jun 15»
2
The Ibsaa Guutama Reader: 3 Articles in 1 – Difference Between …
OLF stands for independence; unverified reasons given for its “despicability” could not cross over the strong walls of the kaayyoo it advances to ... «Gadaa.com Oduu - News, May 15»
3
The Complexity of Addressing Sexual Violence Experienced by …
The despicability consensus about rape might in fact force a different kind of conversation about Guantanamo Bay detainees where torture ... «Just Security, Apr 15»
4
Special Olympics makes health a global priority
In less developed countries, stigma and cultural beliefs persist to the point of despicability. Special Olympics representatives often go house to ... «ESPN, Apr 15»
5
20 Things You Never Knew About 'American Psycho'
... being "heroic in the way he allows the character to leap joyfully into despicability; there is no instinct for self-preservation here, and that is one ... «Zimbio, Apr 15»
6
Floyd: Bastard cabbage lays siege to beloved Texas bluebonnets
Nathan Hunsinger/Staff Photographer. An ugly weed growing in despicability is out to put a damper on Texas' annual spring bluebonnet show. «Dallas Morning News, Apr 15»
7
English football: is there a culture of racism?
... their way to Auschwitz') is on the same level of despicability as the events on the Paris metro and like this event, the problem is underplayed. «Palatinate, Mar 15»
8
Even Jesus Feels Frank Underwood's Wrath in "House of Cards …
By episode four, Underwood had upped his despicability factor considerably by spitting on the face of Jesus at a church. Season three is—thus ... «Complex, Feb 15»
9
Big Ten links: Surging Spartans, NFL Combine thoughts & more
Nice piece from Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal on the despicability of fans who rip Michigan State players via Twitter. Funny how ... «Big Ten Network, Feb 15»
10
Re: Enquiry
... that The Spectator is privy to, if not responsible for these issues and simply lacks the integrity to report them is despicability of a different sort. «Hamilton College - The Spectator, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Despicability [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/despicability>. Apr 2024 ».
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