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despised

adjective as in unloved

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Yet here we are, dispensing another dollop of inhumanity to some of the most troubled and despised people in America.

The president and former president, who once despised each other, are cordial but far from friendly.

My father, who despised autobiographical novels, did two very autobiographical misogynist books as his second marriage broke up.

We listened to him, even those who had despised him, because at that broken time we needed him.

I despised it because on some issues, I might be called a conservative, and others a progressive.

Wharton smiled at this littleness in so great a man, but determined that he should feel the power he despised.

This new-found joy I long pursued in secret, afraid lest it should be discovered and despised as a folly.

He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.

Banquets and feasting offered little attraction to the hero, and he despised riches and rank.

I should have despised myself forever if I had not believed in him and been true, she reasoned.

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On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to despised, such as: decayed, deserted, ignored, overlooked, spurned, and undervalued.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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