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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His many despisers dub him “the One-Percent Vigilante” and compare him to Bernie Goetz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
It is the very fact of my being a nobleman, that has made these people, Americans as they are, and despisers of titles as they profess to be, seek me with eagerness.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie
