[VN] (not used in the progressive tenses) to dislike and have no respect for sb/sth:
She despised gossip in any form. * He despised himself for being so cowardly.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for despise is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is despise a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, despise is tagged as verb.
Does despise appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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