All 6 Uses
despise
in
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
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- Foreword I have long despised artists' chatter about muses—"voices" that speak to them and enable a vision, the source of which they could not otherwise name.†
Chpt Frwd.despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- Some grant it; some despise it; one makes it the sole cry of her extemporaneous sermon upon the death of her granddaughter.†
Chpt Frwd.despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- When his father told him about Ruth, he joined him in despising her, but he felt put upon; felt as though some burden had been given to him and that he didn't deserve it.†
Chpt 5despising = disliking strongly and looking down upon
- He hadn't bothered to say his name, nor ask theirs, had called them "them," and would certainly despise their days, which should have been spent harvesting their own crops, instead of waiting around the general store hoping a truck would come looking for mill hands or tobacco pickers in the flatlands that belonged to somebody else.†
Chpt 11despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- Eager to find fault and despise any outsider.
Chpt 11 *
- Still, he thought, to have the object of your love, worthy or not, despise you, or leave you..."You know what, Hagar?†
Chpt 13
Definitions:
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(1)
(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)