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to despise
01
to hate and have no respect for something or someone
Transitive: to despise sb/sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
State verb
Regular
Present tense
despise
3rd person singular
despises
Present participle
despising
Past simple
despised
Past participle
despised
Examples
She despises bullies and stands up for those who are being mistreated.
Lexical Tree
despised
despising
despise
