All 17 Uses of
despise
in
A Room With A View
- In her chastened mood she no longer despised the Emersons.†
Chpt 2 *despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- But if she rushed into the fray herself she would be first censured, then despised, and finally ignored.†
Chpt 4
- I represent all that he despises.†
Chpt 8despises = dislikes strongly and looks down upon
- Of course, he despised the world as a whole; every thoughtful man should; it is almost a test of refinement.†
Chpt 8despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- Cecil had been hesitating whether he should despise the villas or despise Sir Harry for despising them.†
Chpt 9despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- Cecil had been hesitating whether he should despise the villas or despise Sir Harry for despising them.†
Chpt 9
- Cecil had been hesitating whether he should despise the villas or despise Sir Harry for despising them.†
Chpt 9despising = disliking strongly and looking down upon
- When Mr. Honeychurch died, he had the satisfaction—which few honest solicitors despise—of leaving his family rooted in the best society obtainable.†
Chpt 10despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- He did not realize that Lucy had consecrated her environment by the thousand little civilities that create a tenderness in time, and that though her eyes saw its defects, her heart refused to despise it entirely.†
Chpt 10
- We shall enter it when we no longer despise our bodies.†
Chpt 12
- We despise the body less than women do.†
Chpt 12
- Cecil despised their methods—perhaps rightly.†
Chpt 13despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- "However," said the girl, despising her cousin's shiftiness, "What's done's done.†
Chpt 16despising = disliking strongly and looking down upon
- You despise my mother—I know you do—because she's conventional and bothers over puddings; but, oh goodness!†
Chpt 17despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- Despise the house that your father built and the garden that he planted, and our dear view—and then share a flat with another girl.†
Chpt 19
- You have to go cold into a battle that needs warmth, out into the muddle that you have made yourself; and your mother and all your friends will despise you, oh, my darling, and rightly, if it is ever right to despise.†
Chpt 19
- You have to go cold into a battle that needs warmth, out into the muddle that you have made yourself; and your mother and all your friends will despise you, oh, my darling, and rightly, if it is ever right to despise.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect