have despised
- present perfect of despise.
Example Sentences
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His “happy place,” a term he would have despised, was spectacular in a dream-driven way.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2022
Old families of nobles may have despised the “nouveau riche,” but they still married them if they needed the money.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Once he got near them, in a work capacity, he could have despised them for giving him professional attention because he was powerful.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 8, 2019
It’s a story Lovecraft would have despised, and that’s a good thing, Keith Phipps writes.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2018
He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her under false pretenses.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
