All 4 Uses of
despise
in
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- They despise it.†
Part 1 *despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- Digging in the heap she despised herself for having been so trusting, so quick to surrender at the stove while Paul D kissed her back.†
Part 2despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- Sethe understood it then, but now with a paying job and an employer who was kind enough to hire an ex-convict, she despised herself for the pride that made pilfering better than standing in line at the window of the general store with all the other Negroes.†
Part 2
- She believed in her heart that, except for her husband, the whole world (including her children) despised her and her hair.†
Part 3
Definition:
to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect