despicableness
Quality of loathsomeness
The quality of being despicable—worthy of contempt or moral disgust.
The word is rarely used; most speakers prefer the shorter *despicability* or simply call something despicable without nominalizing it: The despicableness of his betrayal shocked everyone who knew him.
Despicable quality
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- basenessMoral worthlessness
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
iniquity · sinfulness · turpitude · nefariousness · malevolence · evilness · immorality · wrongdoing
Quality inspiring strong disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
repulsiveness · odiousness · detestableness · offensiveness · hideousness · foulness · sordidness · nastiness
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
mockery · ridicule · belittlement · disparagement · condescension · haughtiness · superciliousness · contemptuousness
Deserving harsh criticism
- heinousnessExtreme moral reprehensibility
- deplorablenessQuality warranting severe disapproval
- blameworthinessDeserving moral condemnation
- inexcusabilityBeing beyond justification
outrageousness · atrociousness · egregiousness · culpability · reproachfulness · opprobrium
vileness
Despicable quality
- wickednessMoral corruption or evil
- depravityProfound moral corruption
- basenessMoral worthlessness
corruption · iniquity · sinfulness · turpitude · nefariousness · malevolence · evilness · immorality · wrongdoing · unscrupulousness
loathsomeness
Quality inspiring strong disgust
- repugnanceIntense distaste or disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
revulsion · repulsiveness · odiousness · detestableness · offensiveness · hideousness · foulness · sordidness · nastiness · abjection
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
sneering · mockery · ridicule · belittlement · disparagement · condescension · haughtiness · superciliousness · contemptuousness · denigration
reprehensibility
Deserving harsh criticism
- heinousnessExtreme moral reprehensibility
- deplorablenessQuality warranting severe disapproval
- blameworthinessDeserving moral condemnation
inexcusability · outrageousness · atrociousness · egregiousness · culpability · reproachfulness · opprobrium
despicablenessadmirability
Quality deserving high regard
admirableness · nobility · worthiness · honorableness · respectability