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Loathsomeness vs Despicability - What's the difference?

loathsomeness | despicability |

As nouns the difference between loathsomeness and despicability

is that loathsomeness is the property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing while despicability is despicableness.

loathsomeness

English

Noun

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  • The property or nature that gives rise to revulsion, that inspires loathing.
  • *1813 , (Percy Bysshe Shelley), Queen Mab , I:
  • *:Must putrefaction’s breath / Leave nothing of this heavenly sight / But loathsomeness and ruin?

    • despicability

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • despicableness
  • *1778 , , A Grammar of the Italian Language , J. Nourse, pg. 38-39:
  • *:Tho?e in accio'' and ''ozzo'', indicate ''bigne?s as well as wickedne?s and de?picability .
  • *1901 [1909], Wallace Rice, Animals: a Popular Natural History of Wild Beasts , Duffield and Co., pg. 112:
  • *:Its short hind legs give a most ungainly gait, though it runs with surprising speed when pursued. Its unearthly howl adds to its despicability .
  • *2010 , May 5, Darren Franich, " Every Now and Then I Fall Apart]," [[w:Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly] :
  • *: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.