All 4 Uses of
despise
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- He despises it when not flavoured with bog-myrtle, and, "for God's sake, let it all be cooked together, not the potatoes, the beans, and the bacon separately.†
Chpt 3
- A few years ago we would have despised ourselves terribly.†
Chpt 7 *
- —They are different men here, men I cannot properly understand, whom I envy and despise.†
Chpt 7
- A week after we heard that he had been caught by the field gendarmes, those despicable military police.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect