All 10 Uses of
despise
in
The Bluest Eye
- I believe she despises my weakness for letting the sickness "take holt."†
Chpt 2
- For some reason Cholly had not hated the white men; he hated, despised, the girl.†
Chpt 2
- Long hours she sat looking in the mirror, trying to discover the secret of the ugliness, the ugliness that made her ignored or despised at school, by teachers and classmates alike.
Chpt 2 *despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- They, in turn, did not despise her.†
Chpt 2
- She came into her own with the women who had despised her, by being more moral than they; she avenged herself on Cholly by forcing him to indulge in the weaknesses she despised.†
Chpt 4
- She came into her own with the women who had despised her, by being more moral than they; she avenged herself on Cholly by forcing him to indulge in the weaknesses she despised.†
Chpt 4
- The works he admired most were Dante's; those he despised most were Dostoyevsky's.†
Chpt 4
- You can only love or despise whatever living was done in that room.†
Chpt 4
- Consider: How I hated and despised the money.†
Chpt 4
- Holding the despising glance while sabotaging it was difficult.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect