despise
verb (used with object)
to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
despisable
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a word derived from
despise.
Example Sentences
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"I'm sure," said Katy, with a stiff erectness that drew Lawton back in his saddle, "no man shall ever dare to lay hands on bed of mine; it's undecent and despisable conduct."
From The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper
If I'd ha' been the manner o' man you'd ha' liked for a husband, I should ha' been despisable.
From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray
But still, just to seer all ther places, When they're gethred raand th' harston at neet, Fill'd wi six roosy-red, smilin' faces; It's nooan a despisable seet.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by John Hartley
A basin o' porridge may be, To some a despisable dish, But it allus comes welcome to me, If awve nobbut as mich as aw wish.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by John Hartley
Them clothes of yourn is plum despisable to look at," he imparted, "so I borrowed an outfit offen a friend of mine that's about your size.
From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx
