Both Uses
despise
in
Moon Lake, by Eudora Welty
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- They had a disquieting familiarity with it, hearing the spit of his despising that went into his bugle.†
despising = disliking strongly and looking down upon
- He despised their predicaments, most of all their not being able to swim.†
*despised = disliked strongly and looked 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)