Crossword clues for despising
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Despise \De*spise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despised; p. pr. & vb. n. Despising.] [OF. despis-, in some forms of despire to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon, despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy, and cf. Despicable, Despite.] To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
--Prov. i. 7.
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect
those who do not give way to them.
--Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
Syn: To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See Contemn.
Wiktionary
n. An act of despising. vb. (present participle of despise English)
WordNet
n. a feeling of scornful hatred [syn: despisal]
Usage examples of "despising".
As for the young adventurer I thought him more to be pitied than to be blamed, for I did not believe that he knew I loved him, and it seemed to me that the idea of my despising him was enough vengeance for his audacity.
And he watched her, despising the need for this courage, yet understanding it, even honoring it.
You will see that you are in the wrong, dearest, and that, far from despising you, my dear friend loves you only.
As for me, I am now, sad to say, grown old, and enjoy some few privileges of this description, which I relish, though despising myself, and still more those who thus indulge me.
I received it in their presence, but despising the hand that wrote it I put it in my pocket, little caring what infamous stuff it contained.
The sophists of every age, despising, or affecting to despise, the accidental distinctions of birth and fortune, ^25 reserve their esteem for the superior qualities of the mind, with which they themselves are so plentifully endowed.
Kiyama told him contemptuously, despising Ishido's truculent presence in the opulent, overrich quarters that reminded him so clearly of the Taiko, his friend and revered patron.
Then he stared down at Blackthorne, despising him for the gun and the cowardice in shooting blindly through the door, killing one of his men and wounding another.
Rotten animal, he thought, despising horses for their constant trickeries and treacheries and ill-tempered dangerousness.
He hugged the lamp to his chest while despising its use as a comforter.
It made him feel more justified in despising those American professors guest-reviewing Gates of Hell as a bad, badly-written book.
By ignoring or despising them now he understood himself to be more than half in love with Claire already, and entirely acquiescent to the idea of loving her.
In ages long past, he and turiya his brother taught the despising of trees to the once friendly Demondim.
Arian had stood stiffly in Tristan's pseudoembrace, despising the provocative heat of his hand against her naked back.
He took a burning swallow of the liquor, despising himself for pitying her almost as much as he despised himself for still wanting her so badly.