Both Uses
despise
in
The Bad Beginning
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- The theater troupe laughed, and a few of them applauded as if Count Olaf had done something very brave instead of something despicable.†
p. 46.9 *despicable = 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.
- She hadn't been listening to that last speech of Count Olaf's, knowing it would be full of the usual self-congratulatory nonsense and despicable insults.†
p. 96.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(despise) to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)