different between horrifying vs despicable

English

Verb

horrifying

1. present participle of horrify

Adjective

horrifying (comparative more horrifying, superlative most horrifying)

1. Tending to inspire horror; that horrifies; horrific.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:frightening

   • 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22^nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”

     Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.

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.

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