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Definition of Despicability
1. Noun. Unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values.
Generic synonyms: Unworthiness
Derivative terms: Base, Base, Contemptible, Despicable, Despicable, Sordid, Sordid, Sordid
Definition of Despicability
1. n. Despicableness.
Definition of Despicability
1. Noun. despicableness ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Despicability
Literary usage of Despicability
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1897)
"The whole despicability of the unworthy Hohenzollern, Frederick William III., who
lent his ear frequently to only two councillors, dullness and his ..."
2. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1916)
"At their hands human nature is stripped of its veils, and we see the naked
despicability of a Brian ..."
3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1903)
"But what shall we say of the despicability of the cult of St. Anthony of Padua,
which has reached so remarkable a climax that the curate of a great parish ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... and, with few clear words, dissipated this Viard into despicability and air,
all Friends of Order applauding.2 So, with Theatre-riots, and " Bread, ..."
5. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"... among mean unbelieving souls, we may know that nobleness has not yet become
impossible ; and, languishing amid boundless triviality and despicability, ..."
6. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1908)
"... came, in her high clearness; and, with few clear words, dissipated this Viard,
into despicability and air, all Friends of Order applauding. ..."
7. The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle (1838)
"No glory discernible; not even terror : at best, detesta- bility, ill-matched
with despicability !—Generous hearts, discerning, on this hand, wide-spread ..."
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