despicability

8.9

A very bad moral quality that makes people feel disgust or anger

noun
/dɪˌspɪkəˈbɪlɪti/

: despreciabilidad

The politician's lies only revealed the despicability of his character.

Examples

His actions displayed a level of despicability that shocked everyone at the meeting.
So now maybe more people will begin to question everything else they say and do, and maybe their bias will get exposed for the vile, mean despicability that it is.

Blog text (14)
She condemned the despicability of the scam that had taken advantage of vulnerable people.

Synonyms

depravity

vsdespicability

Formal

25 8.8

A state of very bad moral behavior

is about actions or traits that earn contempt because they lack moral values

ugliness

vsdespicability

20 4.6

A quality of being morally bad or cruel

focuses on making someone deserve contempt or disgust for moral failings

vileness

vsdespicability

2 8.0

Very bad and morally wrong behavior

applies to acts that deserve contempt specifically for lacking moral principles

degeneracy

vsdespicability

Offensive

2 9.3

A fall in moral and social standards showing corruption

marks someone as deserving contempt because of their lack of moral values

baseness

vsdespicability

Formal

1 8.1

Low moral quality that shows shameful behavior

stresses that the lack of morals makes someone deserve contempt or disgust

sordidness

vsdespicability

1 8.8

A state of being dirty and morally bad

points to being contemptible because of lacking moral values, not only dirtiness

disgustingness

vsdespicability

1 6.5

How gross or unpleasant something is

refers to earning contempt because of lacking moral principles not mere revulsion

despicableness

vsdespicability

1 8.2

Being so bad or shameful that people strongly dislike it

is the standard noun form commonly used for the same idea

unsavoriness

vsdespicability

1 9.3

A behavior that people find morally wrong or offensive

targets actions that deserve contempt specifically for lacking moral values

loathsomeness

vsdespicability

1 9.1

A strong feeling that something is very unpleasant or disgusting

relates to deserving contempt for moral failings rather than only sensory disgust

contemptibility

vsdespicability

Offensive

9.8

Being so bad that people feel strong dislike and disrespect

emphasizes also causing disgust because of lacking moral and ethical values

dishonorableness

vsdespicability

9.3

A quality of not being worthy of respect

conveys deserving contempt or disgust specifically for lacking moral or ethical values

disreputability

vsdespicability

9.0

The state of being seen as not respectable or having a bad reputation

is about deserving contempt for moral failings rather than merely having poor reputation

unrespectability

vsdespicability

8.6

A bad reputation that makes people think someone is dishonest or shameful

focuses on moral contempt for lacking ethical values more than reputation

unwholesomeness

vsdespicability

8.1

Being harmful to health or to people's morals

emphasizes deserving contempt because of lacking moral and ethical values

objectionableness

vsdespicability

9.6

A state that makes people feel offended or dislike something

is about earning contempt because of moral failings rather than merely offending

distastefulness

vsdespicability

6.1

Being unpleasant or offensive and making people feel dislike

focuses on moral contempt due to lacking ethics rather than mere unpleasantness

Antonyms

worthiness

13 4.7

Being seen as having value and deserving respect

admirability

6.7

A quality that makes people respect a person or thing

How Despicable

villainy

16 8.1

despicability

8.9

immorality

23 6.3

wrongdoing

117 3.7

fault

∞ 1.8

Surface Forms

despicability singular

despicabilities plural

Morphology

despicability = despicable (transparent) = despic + able + ity

This is a regular noun formation from the adjective 'despicable', meaning the quality or state of being despicable.

Etymology

Despicability comes from the parts de- meaning 'down' and spec meaning 'to look', the same root you see in inspect and respect. So it originally meant 'to look down on' someone, which is why despicability means being worthy of contempt.