All 4 Uses
despise
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- At last he sighed, stretched his toes—so clean he despised the very sight of his feet—and brought himself up on his elbow to the window.†
*despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- Her mother, Cassie had long known in her heart, could not help but despise Miss Eckhart.†
despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- And Cassie's instinct told her her mother despised herself for despising.†
despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- And Cassie's instinct told her her mother despised herself for despising.†
despising = disliking strongly and looking down upon
Definitions:
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(1)
(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)