How to Use despise in a Sentence

despise

verb
Definition of despisenext
Synonyms for despisenext
  • She was despised as a hypocrite.
  • I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!
  • The man abhors them the same way the Longhorns despise the Sooners.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 11 Apr. 2020
  • But Brown despises the sight of Davis when its time to work.
    — J.l. Kirven, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2019
  • The three subjects despise the film and want nothing to do with it.
    — Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Even when a wide swath of the NFL fan base despises this guy?
    — Peter King, SI.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Look no further than the videos to see that those crowds despise him.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 June 2017
  • Today the world is learning to fear us and to despise us.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 21 July 2019
  • The couple first met in 2012 on the set of the sci-fi drama Her, but Phoenix thought Mara despised him.
    — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • He was known to despise Kennedy and his brother Robert.
    — Jefferson Morley, Newsweek, 21 June 2017
  • Revered in Tehran, he was despised throughout much of the region.
    — Time, 3 Jan. 2020
  • Meanwhile, the smug parishioners despise the poor folks around their fine church.
    — Celia Storey, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2021
  • There’s just one problem: Most of the United Kingdom seems to despise the plan.
    — Jen Kirby, Vox, 27 Nov. 2018
  • But for now, the Force is with those who despise overwhelming crowds.
    — Scott Craven, azcentral, 3 July 2019
  • Even the Blues Brothers had enough moral sense to despise Illinois Nazis.
    — Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The crimes were denied, the murders hidden, the survivors judged and despised.
    — Ivan Quintanilla, National Geographic, 22 June 2019
  • The players despise you, the fans pour beer all over your clothes, and the real announcers up in the booth look down on you.
    — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022
  • The event that most male gymnasts despise is his calling card.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2021
  • Golf represents a half-dozen things I was raised to despise.
    — Zach Baron, GQ, 2 July 2018
  • Whether those programs despise Harbaugh or not isn't the point.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2018
  • Charles Rangel was a left-wing congressman from New York, and despised Bush.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Surely the first thing a Juve fan learns is to despise Inter, and this kid’s parents must have taught him well.
    — Dan Gartland, SI.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • This is nothing to cheer about, even for those who despise the crypto sector.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Over the course of 35 years, audiences around the world have come to love and despise many different Ben Stillers.
    — Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Those outside an hour’s drive to Fayetteville despised him for it.
    — Eric Bolin, ajc, 23 Nov. 2017
  • When the newspaper of record does this, it is cheered by all those who despise Donald Trump.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2020
  • He was liked by some players, for sure, but despised by others.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • So Allen despises Colorado State, and doesn’t care who knows it.
    — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Beatles ’64 captures how widely the band was despised at the time by the adult establishment, from Bob Hope to the British Embassy.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Suppliers despise the way the company is treating them.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2024

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