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'd never think any harm of you, and I'd never be so despisable as to take away any woman's character.
From Senator North by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
"And then you will be despisable," said the housekeeper bitterly.
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
No, Father; no man shall ever say I failed to respond to the call of my Prince, despisable though I believe him to be.
From The Last of the Vikings by John Bowling
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
