Both Uses
despise
in
Queen of Attolia
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- The only worthwhile members of this court despise me.†
Chpt 20 *despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- The most despicable can't stop chuckling under their breaths, and if it were up to the queen's attendants, I would have been hanging upside down for weeks now.†
Chpt 20despicable = 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.
Definitions:
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(1)
(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)