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despised

adjective C1
  1. Hated; viewed with scorn. · The dictator's cruelty made him the most despised person in the region.
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Kaa was not a poison snake--in fact he rather despised the poison snakes as cowards--but his strength lay in his hug, and when he had once lapped his huge coils round anybody there was no more to be said.
The Jungle Book, p. 42 · B2
Oh, my dear father, can you suppose it possible that they will not be censured and despised wherever they are known, and that their sisters will not be often involved in the disgrace?”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 261 · B2
You will be censured, slighted, and despised, by everyone connected with him.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 337 · B2
Had you not been really amiable you would have hated me for it: but in spite of the pains you took to disguise yourself, your feelings were always noble and just; and in your heart you thoroughly despised the persons who so assiduously courted you.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 361 · B2

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