despisable
Example Sentences
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But now he is nothing more than despisable, or, what's the same thing, a peddler without house, pack, or money.
From The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper
I'd never think any harm of you, and I'd never be so despisable as to take away any woman's character.
From Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Them clothes of yourn is plum despisable to look at," he imparted, "so I borrowed an outfit offen a friend of mine that's about your size.
From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
No, Father; no man shall ever say I failed to respond to the call of my Prince, despisable though I believe him to be.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
Mister, I don't want to hurt your feeling—but cordin' to my way o' thinkin', paintin' as you do it, an't a trade at all—it's nothin' but a darned despisable fine art!'
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy by Various
