All 19 Uses of
despise
in
The Fountainhead
- Don't you despise me for it?†
Chpt 1.4
- He despised, however, all architects.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- For the first time in her life, she was glad of being Miss Francon, glad of her father's position and possessions, which she had always despised.†
Chpt 2.1
- You—Peter, you're everything I despise in the world and I don't want to remember how much I despise it.†
Chpt 2.5
- You—Peter, you're everything I despise in the world and I don't want to remember how much I despise it.†
Chpt 2.5
- You don't despise me?†
Chpt 2.13
- They only despise us….†
Chpt 2.13
- You know, it's funny: it's the masters who despise the slaves, and the slaves who hate the masters.†
Chpt 2.13
- But you have to flatter people whom you despise in order to impress other people who despise you.†
Chpt 3.2
- But you have to flatter people whom you despise in order to impress other people who despise you.†
Chpt 3.2
- There were two people—you and another person, a man, who always made me feel the same thing—not fear exactly, but like a wall, a steep wall to climb—like a command to rise—I don't know where—but a feeling going up—I've always hated that man—but you, I wanted you—always—that's why I married you—when I knew you despised me—so you should have forgiven me that marriage—you shouldn't have taken your revenge like this—not like this, Dominique—Dominique, I can't fight back, I—"†
Chpt 3.2
- I despise him.†
Chpt 3.3
- He did not want to despise men; he wanted to love and admire them.†
Chpt 4.1
- Don't despise the middleman.†
Chpt 4.1
- No. Don't you despise every act I've ever committed?†
Chpt 4.5
- There's a particular kind of people that I despise.†
Chpt 4.5
- I despise the public.†
Chpt 4.11
- And isn't that the root of every despicable action?†
Chpt 4.11
- Don't you really want to despise me?†
Chpt 4.15
Definition:
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(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect