Definitions for despises

despises de·spise

Spelling: [dih-spahyz]
IPA: /dɪˈspaɪz/

Despises is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in despises (deeipsss).

Definitions for despises

verb (used with object)

  1. to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.

Origin of despises

1250-1300; Middle English despisen Old French despis-, stem of despire Latin dēspicere; see despicable

Examples for despises

Quick images flash by: A young Cassius Clay showing off his gold medal (a man McConnell surely came to despise in the 1960s).

Of this at least be sure—I hate you, I despise you, but I fear you not at all.

In their elitism and sense of entitlement, they represent much of what liberals are supposed to despise.

I have no enmity to these ladies; I only despise them, or rather, their follies and their faults.

Just two former bosses at CNN and NBC, the type of networks she professes to despise.

A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

How will he despise what he can grasp, for the sake of the dim glory that eludes him!

How charmingly might you and I live together, and despise them all!

I despise it with every fiber of my being, but freedom of speech is vital to our nation.

As a hunter with many guns, I despise these bullies and their deceitful shams of wildlife protection.

Word Value for despises
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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