3 uses
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Definition
to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- Each time I start to like Pippa, she does something like this to make me despise her again.Chapter 16 (5% in)
- I know you despise me now.Chapter 33 (35% in)
- That Kartik despises me.Chapter 35 (15% in)
There are no more uses of "despise" in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
Typical Usage
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