Meanings
- uncountableDespicableness.
Thoſe in accio and ozzo, indicate bigneſs as well as wickedneſs and deſpicability.
1778, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, A Grammar of the Italian Language, J. Nourse, pages 38–392 more examples
Its short hind legs give a most ungainly gait, though it runs with surprising speed when pursued. Its unearthly howl adds to its despicability.
1901, Wallace Rice, Animals: a Popular Natural History of Wild Beasts, Duffield and Co., published 1909, page 112Because it wasn’t quite clear what the parameters of the list were — Hotness? Naughtiness? Sexuality? Purity? — everyone was left to ponder, in their own way, how to get more popular, by balancing the various strands of admiration, fascination, respect, and despicability that comprise modern celebrity.
2010 May 5, Darren Franich, “Every Now and Then I Fall Apart”, in Entertainment Weekly
Synonyms & antonyms
noununworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values
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