What is another word for despises?

Pronunciation: [dɪspˈa͡ɪzɪz] (IPA)

Despises is a strong emotion which means feeling intense hatred or a strong dislike towards something or someone. There are several synonyms for the word 'despises' such as abhorring, detesting, loathing, detesting, and hating. Each of these synonyms represents a different degree of intensity, but all of them signify a deep aversion. 'Abhorring' denotes strong disapproval, 'detesting' represents repugnance, 'loathing' conveys a severe dislike, and 'hating' shows a strong animosity. No matter which synonym you choose to use in place of 'despises,' the meaning will remain the same - a feeling of disgust and aversion towards something or someone.

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Usage examples for Despises

It is, he says, a mere 'Gastrite,' a malady which modern science actually despises.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He despises his party,-or at least what would call itself his party,-and is resolved never to concern himself with public affairs.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He despises and hates existing morality.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae

Famous quotes with Despises

  • A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
    James A. Baldwin
  • It is impossible to read for pleasure from something to which you are both father and mother, born in such travail that the writer despises the thing that enslaved him.
    Jim Bishop
  • Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
    Charles Caleb Colton
  • She likes herself, yet others hates, For that which in herself she prizes; And while she laughs at them, forgets She is the thing that she despises.
    William Congreve
  • When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual, sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it.
    Paul Harris

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