All 3 Uses of
despise
in
Mansfield Park
- Mr. Rushworth liked the idea of his finery very well, though affecting to despise it; and was too much engaged with what his own appearance would be to think of the others, or draw any of those conclusions, or feel any of that displeasure which Maria had been half prepared for.†
Chpt 15 *
- It was of a much less poignant nature than what the others excited; but Sir Thomas was considering his happiness as very deeply involved in the offence of his sister and friend; cut off by it, as he must be, from the woman whom he had been pursuing with undoubted attachment and strong probability of success; and who, in everything but this despicable brother, would have been so eligible a connexion.†
Chpt 47
- She had despised him, and loved another; and he had been very much aware that it was so.†
Chpt 48
Definition:
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(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect