All 4 Uses of
despise
in
Ferris Beach
- It slipped, this nickname my mother despised.†
Chpt 1
- She wasn't one of them, by any means, and I think that was probably what the other women simultaneously admired and despised the most.
Chpt 8 *despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- It was almost as if Sally were waiting, hoping that one time the story would be told and there, rusty and open, would be the weak link, the reason to believe that Thomas Rhodes had not really loved Mo, much like when Laurence Olivier tells Joan Fontaine that he never loved the beautiful Rebecca, no, he despised her.†
Chpt 11
- Most of the girls in our class despised Perry Loomis, but I couldn't help but envy her; it was almost like having a crush, so taken with this person's appearance, so much wishing I could claim it as my own.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect