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despise

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To regard with contempt or scorn.

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"despise" is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it to express a strong feeling of dislike or contempt for someone or something. For example: "I despise his behavior and have no respect for him.".

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Which living person do you most despise, and why?

Actually I would have thought that having a new set of slightly more foreign foreigners living next door to despise would have been right up the Mail's street.

The fear of the people who handle corpses is not limited to rural villages in faraway lands Though we despise the undertaker, we know why we need them.

It was because of Duchamp's rising influence that an ever-competitive Picasso came to despise him.

They exemplify Chinese philosopher and poet Lao Tzu's saying: "A leader is best when people barely know he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim him, worse when they despise him.

No doubt this film will inspire debate, between feminists who despise Mattel for this sexualised image of impossible beauty and those who point at Barbie's 150 careers and talk about things like empowerment and other gentle synonyms for feminism.

In Israel's case, it can benefit from cooperation with Iran, particularly as the region is under threat of growing extremism by fundamentalist Wahhabi fighters who despise Shiites and Jews alike.

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