despise
Example Sentences
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A third cousin, a gospel-of-success evangelical pastor played by Topher Grace, is easy to dislike but a bit more difficult to despise.
They are notorious goons, despised virtually everywhere for their ability to agitate, aggrieve and annoy.
“I know they think I’m a pliant little lapdog,” Martin tells Richard, “but I despise them as much as they despise the rest of us for not being them.”
Dad despises violence of any kind, including empty threats.
From Literature
She began having long conversations with Father in Yiddish, speaking a language she had once despised to a man who no longer existed.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
