Sample Sentences for
despise
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    Thinking it was the responsible thing to do, she took the job, but came to despise it.
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    It's easy to despise luxuries that are well out of your reach.
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    They are brave men, and they despise cowards.  (source)
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    She wasn't one of them, by any means, and I think that was probably what the other women simultaneously admired and despised the most.  (source)
    despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
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    If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other?  (source)
    despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
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    The judge called Stanley's crime despicable.  (source)
    despicable = terrible (vile; disgusting) -- worthy of being strongly disliked and looked down upon
    standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
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    I know he despises being useless, sitting still while war overtakes us.  (source)
    despises = dislikes strongly and looks down upon
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    Now I looked at his face. It was despising and full of anger.  (source)
    despising = full of strong dislike and disdain
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    He that despiseth small things will perish by little and little.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She despiseth" in older English, today we say "She despises."
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    I felt my lips quiver, I was despicably close to real tears.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ably" is a combination of the suffixes "-able" and "-ly". It means in a manner that is capable of being. This is the same pattern you see in words like agreeably, favorably, and comfortably.
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    He did not look at Mariam despisingly.†  (source)
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    'Whence hadst thou that song, despiser of this world?'†  (source)
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    He minded, despised the possibility that I might be the head of the school.†  (source)
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