despise
verb (used with object)
to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
will despise
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future tenseof despise.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“It’s impossible. . . . If I do that, my kids, my grandkids would despise me. My wife will despise me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
I am almost certain that I will despise any formal pictures of us.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2012
Yes, though analog lovers will despise it, there are no gauges here.
From Forbes ● Jan. 9, 2012
The word melodrama has become code for something the art-house crowd will despise.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2010
If Peter and his friends hated me before, they will despise me now.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
