Despise
verb
To intensely dislike or hate something or someone.
He despised him for his betrayal
Often appears as...
- despise for
- despise being
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Disapproving
verb
To regard something as unworthy or beneath one's dignity.
She despised any form of physical exercise
Often appears as...
- despised thought
- despised feeling
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Disapproving
verb
To intensely dislike or hate something or someone.
He despised him for his betrayal
Often appears as...
- despise for
- despise being
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To regard something as unworthy or beneath one's dignity.
She despised any form of physical exercise
Often appears as...
- despised thought
- despised feeling
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Despise conveys a strong negative emotion, stronger than just disliking someone or something.
She despised the bullying, feeling a deep sense of injustice.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
Use despise to express a powerful aversion; it's much more than just not enjoying something.
He despised having to work late on weekends.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Rejection
Despise often implies a personal element of contempt or disdain, especially in betrayals or moral clashes.
Everyone despised the traitor for his selfish actions.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Despise conveys a strong negative emotion, stronger than just disliking someone or something.
She despised the bullying, feeling a deep sense of injustice.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
Use despise to express a powerful aversion; it's much more than just not enjoying something.
He despised having to work late on weekends.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Rejection
Despise often implies a personal element of contempt or disdain, especially in betrayals or moral clashes.
Everyone despised the traitor for his selfish actions.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Despise conveys a strong negative emotion, stronger than just disliking someone or something.
She despised the bullying, feeling a deep sense of injustice.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity Matters
Use despise to express a powerful aversion; it's much more than just not enjoying something.
He despised having to work late on weekends.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Rejection
Despise often implies a personal element of contempt or disdain, especially in betrayals or moral clashes.
Everyone despised the traitor for his selfish actions.
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The secret to great...
And the advice I despised more than any other advice was, "You've got to go network with everybody." When your psychological world is breaking down, the hardest thing to do is to try and reach out and build up your social world. And so we studied exactly this idea on a much larger scale.
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Romulus Whitaker: The...
It was very important for us to get through to the people. And through the children is usually the way to go. They are fascinated with snakes. They haven't got that steely thing that you end up either fearing or hating or despising or loathing them in some way. They are interested.
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Prison Victim PIPE National...
against children are the most despised even though I didn't do those things that they said I did you know it's still a crime involving a child and then you got a lot of people around here who just don't like things like that you know
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Political common ground...
to sort of despise or just be baffled by the support, assuming that it's for some of the unattractive features. Actually, maybe they're supporting him despite those, because they see something exciting. They see a man of action.
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
and that even included attempting to maintain control of her name which wasn't easy dear mr solzberger she wrote to the publisher of the new york times may i make a request of the times through you despise the mild expression
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Why it's worth listening...
knowing full well that I would be giving them a platform and attention for ideas that I despised and rejected. But this is just a further evolution of a journey of uncomfortable learning throughout my life.
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Ebony Roberts and Shaka...
not to control him. We're here to help him figure out his place in the world, to uncover his greatest gifts, to discover why he was born. We are raising a free black boy in a world that despises black joy,
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The impact of Simón...
had liberated could not become democracies overnight he claimed he despised dictatorship but he became a dictator more than once and his romantic life had a way of spilling out into the public realm it's
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The art forger who...
so much so that they were later forged in turn by his own son. The same canvases went from revered classics to despised forgeries to works of art respected for the skill and notoriety of the forger.
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James Forbes: Compassion...
and how religious authorities went the other way, and how their supporters in the congregation went the other way; but an unsuspecting, despised person came along,
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The secret to great...
And the advice I despised more than any other advice was, "You've got to go network with everybody." When your psychological world is breaking down, the hardest thing to do is to try and reach out and build up your social world. And so we studied exactly this idea on a much larger scale.
Video examples
Romulus Whitaker: The...
It was very important for us to get through to the people. And through the children is usually the way to go. They are fascinated with snakes. They haven't got that steely thing that you end up either fearing or hating or despising or loathing them in some way. They are interested.
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Prison Victim PIPE National...
against children are the most despised even though I didn't do those things that they said I did you know it's still a crime involving a child and then you got a lot of people around here who just don't like things like that you know
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Political common ground...
to sort of despise or just be baffled by the support, assuming that it's for some of the unattractive features. Actually, maybe they're supporting him despite those, because they see something exciting. They see a man of action.
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
and that even included attempting to maintain control of her name which wasn't easy dear mr solzberger she wrote to the publisher of the new york times may i make a request of the times through you despise the mild expression
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Why it's worth listening...
knowing full well that I would be giving them a platform and attention for ideas that I despised and rejected. But this is just a further evolution of a journey of uncomfortable learning throughout my life.
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Ebony Roberts and Shaka...
not to control him. We're here to help him figure out his place in the world, to uncover his greatest gifts, to discover why he was born. We are raising a free black boy in a world that despises black joy,
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The impact of Simón...
had liberated could not become democracies overnight he claimed he despised dictatorship but he became a dictator more than once and his romantic life had a way of spilling out into the public realm it's
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The art forger who...
so much so that they were later forged in turn by his own son. The same canvases went from revered classics to despised forgeries to works of art respected for the skill and notoriety of the forger.
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James Forbes: Compassion...
and how religious authorities went the other way, and how their supporters in the congregation went the other way; but an unsuspecting, despised person came along,
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Sharon Horgan
Irish Actress
I despise shows that present friendship where you're always there for each other and really strong because I don't know anyone like that. I mean, I've got great friends, but I can go months without seeing them because I think, 'I just can't deal with having to give you anything.
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Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan Artist
Being taught to despise your body is being taught to perhaps admire someone else's body more than yours - being taught that your body is good for certain things and not for others.
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Marley Dias
American Activist
Fashion is very important to me. I dress androgynously - I absolutely despise dresses and skirts and tights - and I started wearing glasses in the third grade.
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Otto Weininger
Austrian Philosopher
No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.
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Martin H. Fischer
American Physicist
Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
To despise no opportunity of usefulness is a leading rule with those who are wise to win souls.
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Thucydides
Greek Historian
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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William Penn
English Leader
O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
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Chief Joseph
Leader
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
A wise traveler never despises his own country.
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Sharon Horgan
Irish Actress
I despise shows that present friendship where you're always there for each other and really strong because I don't know anyone like that. I mean, I've got great friends, but I can go months without seeing them because I think, 'I just can't deal with having to give you anything.
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Wangechi Mutu
Kenyan Artist
Being taught to despise your body is being taught to perhaps admire someone else's body more than yours - being taught that your body is good for certain things and not for others.
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Marley Dias
American Activist
Fashion is very important to me. I dress androgynously - I absolutely despise dresses and skirts and tights - and I started wearing glasses in the third grade.
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Otto Weininger
Austrian Philosopher
No men who really think deeply about women retain a high opinion of them; men either despise women or they have never thought seriously about them.
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Martin H. Fischer
American Physicist
Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.
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Charles Spurgeon
British Clergyman
To despise no opportunity of usefulness is a leading rule with those who are wise to win souls.
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Thucydides
Greek Historian
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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William Penn
English Leader
O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
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Chief Joseph
Leader
An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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William Hazlitt
English Critic
A wise traveler never despises his own country.
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