- present participle of despise.
despising
Example Sentences
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Haney reminded jurors that despising the rich isn’t a crime, much less an abnormal opinion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Society is depicted as "worshiping only power and money, despising art, sensitivity, tenderness, where people ...don't talk anymore."
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
"It's astonishing how people can put so much vitriol and energy into despising someone. It's extraordinarily damaging," she says of the most bitter sibling rivalry.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2024
I should have been flattered that she cared, but I hated the feeling of every student in the classroom looking at me, despising me.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
