Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

despicability

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-spi-ca-bil-i-ty
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Despicableness.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Thoſe in accio and ozzo, indicate bigneſs as well as wickedneſs and deſpicability."
"Its short hind legs give a most ungainly gait, though it runs with surprising speed when pursued. Its unearthly howl adds to its despicability."
"Because 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."

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

baseness sordidness contemptibility despicableness

Questions

What does despicability mean?: Despicableness.

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