What's the difference between demeaning and despicable?

Demeaning


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demean

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And in November, the US sixth circuit court of appeals ruled against these decisions , leaving Johnson and Campion in the same demeaning and inconvenient legal status they have faced since getting together.
  • (2) 9.41pm BST Dodgers 0 - Cardinals 0, bottom of the 2nd The "demeaning euphemism for overweight" Matt Adams lines out to Adrian Gonzalez for the second out of the inning.
  • (3) "The culture of demeaning women in pop music is so ingrained as to become routine, from the way we are dealt with by management and labels, to the way we are presented to the public."
  • (4) Surprise backing There is one bright spot for José Mourinho , as Alex Ferguson appears to debunk one of the more demeaning vignettes of recent years.
  • (5) It would be unfair – daft, even, and demeaning to the winner – to suggest Murray threw the match away after coming back from 2-5 in the fifth set and failing to convert any of three break points that would have left him serving for the match.
  • (6) If you haven’t seen it,” Clinton said, “you need to see her speech in New Hampshire.” Michelle Obama denounces Trump's rhetoric: 'It has shaken me to my core' Read more In fact, Obama’s oratory was a Clinton campaign highlight Thursday, a much-shared, widely tweeted and overwhelmingly celebrated defense of girls’ and women’s rights not to be demeaned or assaulted by anyone, not a construction worker on the street or the man who would be president.
  • (7) I’m not surprised that conservatives are using degrading language or demeaning the movement.
  • (8) Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, accused Osborne of demeaning his office.
  • (9) We were very relieved and pleased, but the whole process was costly and demeaning.
  • (10) He is at least as tribal, jingoistic, and provincial as those he condemns for those human failings, as he constantly hails the nobility of his side while demeaning those Others.
  • (11) I felt it was demeaning for TB if GB was seen as the giant figure and he was Mr public services, Mr crisis management, Mr international tootling-along-behind.
  • (12) Trump approves of working with autocrats, at least, and would probably make fast friends with the galaxy’s less reputable leaders – especially those who share his interests, eg crimelord Jabba the Hutt, who lives in an ostentatious palace , loves parties , demeans women and feeds a literal Rancor .
  • (13) Little more than 50 years on, however, it is the setting for a chaotic and demeaning political battle that has even long-term parliament watchers shaking their heads in disbelief.
  • (14) The strategy backfired within hours because, with just a few sentences, Miliband gave a truly prime ministerial rebuttal: “Michael Fallon’s a decent man but today I think he has demeaned himself and he’s demeaned his office.
  • (15) Usually this is stuff I can ignore but don’t demean sufferers, don’t twist my words, back the fuck up bros.
  • (16) "I say to them, you will never ever appease the rightwing media and to try demeans you and our party."
  • (17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cameron accused of waffling by English Literature student Giles Fraser: ‘Cameron doesn’t have a higher vision than the price of the pound’ Oh, how the prime minister has demeaned the high calling of his office.
  • (18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority originally ruled that the posters were demeaning and would not be permitted in the city's subways, but allowed them after the anti-Muslim group took the agency to court.
  • (19) Union representatives have insisted the project is simply meant to draw political attention to the increase in homelessness , and is in no way intended to demean or humiliate homeless people.
  • (20) The real answer behind this sorry tale could be that Trierweiler could not deal with the demeaning role of presidential PR prop and public property that the role of Premiere Dame, or any kind of political wife now involves.

Despicable


Definition:

  • (a.) Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean; vile; worthless; as, a despicable man; despicable company; a despicable gift.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You could think the narrator's extreme failures of sympathy are despicable, but this would surely be beside the point.
  • (2) Boris Johnson , the London mayor, said: "I cannot think of anything more despicable than the police attempting to smear Stephen Lawrence's family.
  • (3) Tories and their rich media friends peddle this despicable idea so that we can be gradually brought to think that taxation should not be used to pay for everyone’s health.
  • (4) The latter is somewhat under the radar for the wider games industry, but Despicable Me: Minion Rush (to give its full title) is something of a mobile monster: 100m downloads in three months on iOS and Android earlier this year.
  • (5) On the positive side, it will very soon overtake Les Miserables (£40.8m) to become the second-biggest 2013 release, behind only Despicable Me 2 (£47.4m).
  • (6) Despicable remarks which deserve to be condemned,” Turnbull said.
  • (7) He said: "Make no mistake, we will continue to confront Isil wherever it tried to spread its despicable hatred.
  • (8) At least two characters – a Minion from Despicable Me and one of the Elmos – said they had purchased their costumes, made in Peru, for about $300.
  • (9) For iPad , Candy Crush Saga led YouTube, Skype, Temple Run 2, BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, eBay for iPad, Despicable Me: Minion Rush, 4 Pics 1 Word and Calculator for iPad Free.
  • (10) Some of the strongest criticism came from Travis Tygaart, the head of Usada, who called the cyber attacks “cowardly and despicable” and reiterated that the athletes named had done nothing wrong.
  • (11) I can’t help wondering whether there’s another agenda going on, and that they’re trying to limit the level of potential claims for compensation from victims of both Savile and Hall ... “People in the BBC at the time knew he was despicable, and they could have done something to stop him.
  • (12) Attacking religious sentiments to promote an agenda as tragedy strikes is despicable.” Carly Fiorina (Republican) NRA rating: A (qualified) in 2010 “As the tragedy in San Bernardino unfolds, predictably, without knowing any of the facts of what has happened there or why, President Obama and Hillary Clinton immediately came out and made a political statement for gun control,” Fiorina said when asked about second amendment rights on Wednesday, according to ABC .
  • (13) You know, you had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.” Sean Spicer apologizes for 'even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons' gaffe Read more Spicer’s assertion during the Jewish holiday of Passover provoked instant outrage on social media and from some Holocaust memorial groups, who accused him of minimising Hitler’s crimes.
  • (14) Photograph: Courtesy of Warner Bros Picture Best makeup and hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa The Lone Ranger Winner: Dallas Buyers Club Best animated feature: The Croods Despicable Me 2 Ernest and Celestine Frozen The Wind Rises Winner: Frozen Best animated short: Feral Get a Horse!
  • (15) India's national security adviser called the treatment of Khobragade on Tuesday "despicable and barbaric".
  • (16) A Labour MP has hit out at the News of the World for being involved in a "despicable and evil act" and called on the prime minister to act over the hacking of the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler following her disappearance in March 2002.
  • (17) The US ambassador to Libya, Deborah Jones called the news "heartbreaking", and on her Twitter account denounced "a cowardly, despicable, shameful act against a courageous woman and true Libyan patriot".
  • (18) This plays well with the Tory party, though to judge from the leaked remarks of a member of the party's anti-European right like Patrick Mercer – who is reported to regard Mr Cameron as "a most despicable creature without any real redeeming features" – the prime minister is simply feeding a dog which will always bite him.
  • (19) In an interview after appearing before the Leveson inquiry, the singer Charlotte Church described the way women were portrayed in the UK media as despicable.
  • (20) One PTI voter, called Ashar, who ventured to a polling station at a school in the Defence neighbourhood which was the scene of protests last week, described the killing of Zahra Shahid as "despicable".

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