despise
/dɪˈspaɪz/ verb B2- To regard with contempt or scorn. · Near-synonym: hate· Katie despised video games because she saw them as a trashy, boring waste of time.
- To disregard or ignore.
He/she/it despises · Past despised · Past participle despised · -ing form despising
Verb forms
- Base form
- despise
- He/she/it
- despises
- Past
- despised
- Past participle
- despised
- -ing form
- despising
From the library
It happened once that the young one which was caressed and loved was smothered by the too great affection of the Mother, while the despised one was nurtured and reared in spite of the neglect to which it was exposed.
These feet which would have saved me I despised, and I gloried in these antlers which have proved my destruction.”
The Sheep, much against his will, carried her backward and forward for a long time, and at last said, “If you had treated a dog in this way, you would have had your deserts from his sharp teeth.” To this the Crow replied, “I despise the weak and yield to the strong.
“’Tis an _etiquette_ I despise,” said he.
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