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Meaning of despicability | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Despicableness.

uncountable

Equivalents

Svenska förhatlighet

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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