despicableness

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Noun
  • An evil, narcoterrorist dictator has fallen, creating a path for freedom for the wonderful, highly intelligent, hard working people of Venezuela.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The Cult of the Real Housewife docuseries also relies on cult expert Steven Hassan to better understand how Mary Cosby and Bishop Cosby could allegedly manipulate and coerce their followers into handing over their life savings to people seen as faith healers capable of delivering them from evil.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Comment sections have always attracted hatefulness and resentment; these ones just happen to encourage it more explicitly.
    Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As if to prove that it can’t be exceeded in badness, Playdate has both.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
  • But despite this being the internet, there’s no wickedness being thrust around — everyone’s taking the chance to get in on a memeless rollout.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Advised by Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell, who sincerely believed in the Reformation, Henry started with accusations of corruption and immorality in the Church, then used intimidation and changes to the law to transfer all the wealth and land to himself.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Even aside from Trump’s own enthusiastic personal immorality and impiety, his political style — the pugnacious smear artist and demagogic braggart — was the antithesis of what evangelicals had sought before.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Despicableness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despicableness. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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