All 11 Uses of
despise
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Heaven only knows how she must have despised her pale rat of a cowering mistress.†
Chpt 2despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- God despises a coward who runs while others stand and suffer.†
Chpt 3despises = dislikes strongly and looks down upon
- The women seemed to despise him especially.†
Chpt 3despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- It was the most despicable day of my life.†
Chpt 4despicable = 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.
- Does she look at me and despise her loss?†
Chpt 5despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- I know he despises being useless, sitting still while war overtakes us.
Chpt 5 *despises = dislikes strongly and looks down upon
- Rachel I could only despise more if I knew for sure which way to direct my ire, presumably South Africa, where I guess she's finally hit paydirt with her exceeding whiteness and mercenary husband.†
Chpt 5despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- Adah the bridled entitled, Adah authorized to despise one and all.†
Chpt 5
- I pitied them, despised them, and silently willed them back home on the first boat.†
Chpt 5despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- I despised him.†
Chpt 5
- He was a despicable man.†
Chpt 5despicable = 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.
Definition:
to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect