despisable

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Anything but resentment there would have been unnatural, not to say inhuman and despisable, in a daughter.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor

"I wouldn't humble myself to speak to such a despisable man."

From Dandelion Cottage by Rankin, Carroll Watson

"And then you will be despisable," said the housekeeper bitterly.

From The Spy by Cooper, James Fenimore

No, Father; no man shall ever say I failed to respond to the call of my Prince, despisable though I believe him to be.

From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John

But still, just to seer all ther places,    When they're gethred raand th' harston at neet, Fill'd wi six roosy-red, smilin' faces;    It's nooan a despisable seet.

From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John