despiser
noun
a person who despises someone or something.
despisers
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a word derived from
despiser.
Example Sentences
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He doesn’t seek to offend, and his despisers on the right fault him for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Cheney, whose funeral will take place on Thursday at the National Cathedral in Washington, saw then what his despisers still miss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
This especially pleases Midwest chauvinists, who have had to contend with curdled despisers from — Et tu, Brute? — the Midwest.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
Licorice despisers can reduce or leave out the fennel seeds and anise; heat seekers can shovel in more pepper or add chile powder.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2021
The king, it was reported, was full of huge threats and savage designs against his despisers, and if the clergy trembled before, they now shook like aspen leaves.
From Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England by Charles L. (Charles Latimer) Marson
