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The phrase "despise for" is not correct or commonly used in written English.
It is possible to use "despise" with "for" in a sentence, but it would typically be in a different grammatical structure such as "He despises me for my mistakes" or "She is despised for her actions." In these cases, "for" is functioning as a preposition and is followed by a noun or noun phrase. If you are looking to express a strong dislike or contempt for something in a sentence, you could use the phrase "have a deep despise for" as in "I have a deep despise for dishonesty and deceit." This would be grammatically correct and convey a clear meaning.
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I loathe it, hate it, despise, despise, for Christ's sake, it".
A fierce sense of discipline and a belief in hard work carried him from one academic triumph to another, culminating in a law degree from Yale, a university he grew to despise for reasons not altogether clear.
"I feel it would be rather stupid, not merely indecent, to renounce what I've done, to bow before the 'nothing men', people I despise for what they think, how they act, how they live, for what they are in their innermost being".
Over the years, and against a backdrop of civil war and the rise of the Taliban, a bond develops between Mariam and Laila as they become allies in a personal war against their husband, a man they despise for his violence but upon whom they depend for survival.The book works well on several levels.
Rather than turn Carl into the standard cocky youth that viewers will come to despise for his cavalier attitude, Kirkman takes this one episode to help him work through that phase of his life into something more mature and battle-hardened.
Up to this point, the progressive blogosphere has been far more driven by an affinity for Democrats and despise for Republicans than it has been driven by any cohesive - much less conventional-wisdom-challenging - economic ideology (a phenomenon I entitled "Partisan War Syndrome" in an earlier article).
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A man despised for being arriviste!
Despised for supporting Assad, Hezbollah appears under attack at home.
The Lessings were not, in fact, currently despised for their allegiance to the Soviet Union.
Among many Tamils, as well as Sinhalese, the Tigers were despised for violently upsetting Sri Lanka's delicate status quo.
Iggy Azalea is a white rapper commonly despised for her "blaccent" — a cringe-inducing form of pop pretending.
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