different between despicable vs scurrile

English

Etymology

1550s, from Late Latin despicabilis, from Latin d?spicor, a variant of d?spici? (“I despise”), from de (“down”) + speci? (“I look at, behold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??sp?k?b?l/, /?d?sp?k?b?l/

Adjective

despicable (comparative more despicable, superlative most despicable)

1. Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean

   Synonyms: vile, evil, mean, contemptible

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:despicable

Antonyms

• honorable

Translations

Noun

despicable (plural despicables)

1. A wretched or wicked person.

References

English

Etymology

From French scurrile, from Latin scurrilis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk??a?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sk???l/, /?sk??a?l/

Adjective

scurrile (comparative more scurrile, superlative most scurrile)

1. (archaic) Scurrilous.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.1.1.i:

     ’Tis not scurrile this, but chaste, honest, most part serious, and even of religion itself.

   • 1668, Thomas Spratt, The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley Preface

     the wretched affectation of scurril laughter

Italian

Etymology

From Latin scurr?lis.

Adjective

scurrile (plural scurrili)

1. scurrilous, coarse

Related terms

• scurrilità

Further reading

• scurrile in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana