All 22 Uses of
despise
in
Sons and Lovers
- She despised him, and was tied to him.†
Chpt 1.1despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- At last Mrs. Morel despised her husband.†
Chpt 1.1
- Don't call me that—you, the most despicable liar that ever walked in shoe-leather.†
Chpt 1.1despicable = terrible (vile; disgusting) -- worthy of being strongly disliked and looked down uponstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- His body, which had been beautiful in movement and in being, shrank, did not seem to ripen with the years, but to get mean and rather despicable.†
Chpt 1.6
- He hated her, for she seemed in some way to make him despise himself.
Chpt 2.7 *despise = dislike strongly and look upon with disdain
- But she did not suffer so much, because she despised the triviality of these other people.†
Chpt 2.7despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- She was hurt deep down; and she despised him for being blown about by any wind of authority.†
Chpt 2.8
- She despised them for their commonness, his people.†
Chpt 2.9
- Paul he admired and loved and despised slightly.†
Chpt 2.9
- And Paul admired and loved and despised him slightly.†
Chpt 2.9
- "I think you are despicable!" she said.†
Chpt 2.9despicable = terrible (vile; disgusting) -- worthy of being strongly disliked and looked down uponstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- And I do despise it.†
Chpt 2.10despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- And she—she whose love he had believed in when he had despised himself—denied that their love had ever been love.†
Chpt 2.11despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- She had hidden all her condemnation from him, had flattered him, and despised him.†
Chpt 2.11
- She despised him now.†
Chpt 2.11
- She had despised him when he thought she worshipped him.†
Chpt 2.11
- But it stuck in his throat that she had despised him whilst he thought she worshipped him.†
Chpt 2.11
- Yet he was despicable, false, inconsistent, and mean.†
Chpt 2.11despicable = terrible (vile; disgusting) -- worthy of being strongly disliked and looked down uponstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- He began to despise her a little, as if she had merited it!†
Chpt 2.13despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- She despised him rather for his shrinking together, getting smaller.†
Chpt 2.14despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- She despised him.†
Chpt 2.14
- By her tone he knew she was despising him.†
Chpt 2.15despising = disliking strongly and looking down upon
Definition:
to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect