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Meaning of "detestability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DETESTABILITY

detestability  [dɪˌtestəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DETESTABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Detestability 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 DETESTABILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of detestability in the English dictionary

The definition of detestability in the dictionary is the quality of being detestable.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DETESTABILITY


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 DETESTABILITY

determining
determinism
determinist
deterministic
deterrability
deterrable
deterred
deterrence
deterrent
deterrently
deterrer
deterring
detersion
detersive
detest
detestable
detestableness
detestably
detestation
detester

WORDS THAT END LIKE DETESTABILITY

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 detestability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «detestability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DETESTABILITY

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The translations of detestability from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «detestability» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

detestability
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

detestability
570 millions of speakers

English

detestability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

detestability
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

detestability
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

detestability
278 millions of speakers

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detestability
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

detestability
260 millions of speakers

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detestability
220 millions of speakers

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Kebencian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

detestability
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

detestability
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

detestability
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Detestability
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

detestability
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

detestability
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घृणास्पदता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

detestability
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

detestability
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

detestability
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

detestability
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

detestability
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

detestability
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

detestability
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

detestability
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

detestability
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of detestability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DETESTABILITY»

The term «detestability» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.235 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DETESTABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «detestability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «detestability» 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 detestability

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DETESTABILITY»

Discover the use of detestability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to detestability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Before Revelation: The Boundaries of Muslim Moral Thought
Hence the 'aql cannot be an indicant of the detestability of the lie, for instance. In addition, the Mu'tazilah had asserted that because the moral knowledge of the ' aql is necessary (daruri) knowledge, everyone reliably knows the good of ...
A. Kevin Reinhart, 1995
2
1984
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George Orwell, 2004
3
Ghazali and the Poetics of Imagination
He conceded that goodness and detestability can be rationally comprehended, but he nevertheless maintained that good and bad are both ''relational predicates '' (awṣāf iḍāfīya). This means that they are not essential properties but rather ...
Ebrahim Moosa, 2006
4
Brentano and Intrinsic Value
Roderick M. Chisholm. detestable, for it is a sense quality. If the sensory pleasure is bad or detestable, then it is so in virtue of the badness or detestability of the love from which the sensory pleasure redounds. And the badness or detestability  ...
Roderick M. Chisholm, 1986
5
Reformed Dogmatics
I gladly admit that this (detestability) is outstanding. But whether the H. Spirit could not conquer and overcome it, for my part I should not dare to say ; especially as, where sin abounded, there would grace superabound Rom. 5. 20- 21. Others ...
Heinrich Heppe, 2008
6
Existentialist Ontology and Human Consciousness
... wards it, and it is the ineffective and symbolic character of that behaviour that constitutes my world as “magical” (see p. 79-80). I do not, then, deliberately choose to confer the affective quality of “detestability” on my rival by becoming angry.
William L. McBride, 2013
7
Story Writing
Since good is good and detestability is detestability, why should readers have differences of opinion about them? A widened worldly experience is the best help here, but experience is slow to come by. If you have the habit of rigid classification ...
Edith Ronald Mirrielees, 2008
8
Ghazali's Politics in Context
It is only God that determines the moral value of any act, including the moral value of justice, ʽadl, wisdom, h.ikma, and the detestability of wrongdoing, ẓulm. 99 Though Ashʽarīs also make spacefor accepting that people can act humanely  ...
Yazeed Said, 2013
9
LXX-Isaiah as Translation and Interpretation: The Strategies ...
10 (i.e., “yet a little, yet a little, due to the detestability of lips through another tongue”), two considerations suggest that this phrase modiÀes (i.e., “accept afÁiction after afÁiction...on account of the detestability of lips through another tongue”).
Ronald L. Troxel, 2008
10
Compl Wks Rbt Browning 8: With Variant Readings And Annotations
There, let them each tear each in devil's-fun, Or fondle this the other while malice aches — Both teach, both learn detestability! 1915 Kiss him the kiss, Iscariot! Pay that back, That smatch o' the slaver blistering on your lip, By the better trick, the ...
Robert Browning, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DETESTABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term detestability is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Movie review: 'Child 44′
Kinnaman brings a satisfying amount of sliminess and detestability to the role, while also making sure not to become a pantomime villain. «Daily Bruin, Apr 15»
2
Wall Street's rigged, so Main Street suffers
But today's crooked bankers have reached new levels of detestability by using software that allows them to (illegally) read Joe Investor's ... «Okanagan Life Magazine, Feb 15»
3
Joke's on us: Just for Laughs Gags is a heinous Canadian cultural …
... cultural institutions will occasionally mount thumbsuckery sort-of defences for it, trying to colour between the lines of its inherent detestability. «National Post, Jan 15»
4
The 10 Best Male Characters In Woody Allen's Films
... in time to save his sarcastic and cynical illusionist from all-out detestability, perhaps it's as good a time as any to take a look at Woody's men. «Indie Wire, Jul 14»
5
ADVANCE REVIEW! Monomyth #1
... so comprehensively awful that whatever existed of quality within them was drowned out by their raging detestability. Bad as Identity Crisis is, ... «Unleash The Fanboy, Jul 14»
6
NBA playoff standings 2014: Raptors take No. 3 seed back from …
It also re-affirmed to me just how much I hate both of these teams, with the Pacers quickly catching up to the Heat on my detestability scale. «Blog a Bull, Mar 14»
7
Mixed Reviews For ITV's 'The Widower', But Reece Shearsmith …
... “Webster's crimes are chilling enough, but Shearsmith's disarmingly mild-mannered performance revealed a further level of detestability. «Contactmusic.com, Mar 14»
8
Babylon, Channel 4
... it's the utter detestability of almost every character in the cast. The front-line officers are all depicted as brutish ignoramuses, oblivious to any ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 14»
9
Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman
What bothers me is that, as icky and meddlesome as she's supposed to still be, Lounds lacks that core detestability and film of filth that Hoffman ... «Complex.com, Feb 14»
10
The WWE's Difficult Men
Damien Sandow's put-on intellectualism is pompous, whiny, and effete — a trifecta of detestability. Alberto Del Rio is an anti-American egotist ... «Grantland, Aug 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Detestability [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/detestability>. May 2024 ».
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