despise
Example Sentences
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“I know they think I’m a pliant little lapdog,” Martin tells Richard, “but I despise them as much as they despise the rest of us for not being them.”
Dad despises violence of any kind, including empty threats.
From Literature
She began having long conversations with Father in Yiddish, speaking a language she had once despised to a man who no longer existed.
From Literature
Part of Lord Mandelson's mystique - and one of the reasons why he is despised by some in the Labour movement - is his love of political intrigue, gossip and plots.
From BBC
These days, the online literati despises Shriver as a matter of principle.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
