transitive verb. 1 : to look down on with disrespect or aversion despised the weak. 2 : to regard as negligible, worthless, or distasteful despises organized religion.

What is a sentence for despise?

Despise sentence example. I'm beginning to despise public officials. "Mary, you must despise me!" he would say. His fertile mind instantly suggested to him a point of view which gave him a right to despise the adjutant and the minister.

Is despise the same as hate?

As verbs the difference between despise and hate

is that despise is to regard with contempt or scorn while hate is to dislike intensely or greatly.