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despised
adjective as in neglected
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in unloved
Example Sentences
But if he was hated before, rest assured he will be more despised after tonight....
Donald Trump is a native New Yorker — who has long been despised by his fellow New Yorkers.
Flash-forward to the 20th century and the lukewarm campaign to enact home rule in Ireland, and we find Ulster Protestants occupying a strange, half-stranded position: an embattled and despised minority within Ireland as a whole, still perceived as alien invaders after 300 years, but a dominant majority in their own corner of it.
To understand Spirit Airlines is to understand what it is to be hated—truly despised—by most people.
As Rogovoy astutely writes, Harrison “was one of four, and if sometimes it was hard to get a word in edgewise when your bandmates were the wickedly outrageous John Lennon, the voluble Paul McCartney, and the affable Ringo Starr, Harrison made every word count. His wit was as quick and biting as Lennon's. He did not suffer fools gladly—by the evidence of his songs, he despised them.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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