despisable
Example Sentences
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"And then you will be despisable," said the housekeeper bitterly.
From The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper
For I'm sure as I stand here, Miss Mabel, that she knew, or thought she knew, somethin' 'bout that poor, despisable wretch that died up in the garret.
From At Last by Marion Harland
"And care thrown away I may well call it; for Harvey is quite too despisable to be any sort of compensation at present."
From The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper
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
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
