All 4 Uses of
despise
in
Medea, by Euripides (translated by: G. Theodoridis)
- Some god must despise us.†
*despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- What a despicable woman gave birth to you!†
despicable = 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.
- What a despicable man gave you such a destruction!†
- Despicable woman!†
Definition:
to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect