To regard with intense aversion and scorn; to hold in very low esteem.
He watched the bully torment the smaller child, a wave of anger washing over him. He could not stand to see such cruelty. To treat another person so badly, with such mean actions, was something he would always despise.
The boy would always pick at his food, pushing peas around his plate. His sister would watch him, her jaw tight. She truly did despise this messy habit, holding it in very low esteem, and regarded his whole performance with intense aversion and scorn.
The merchant couldn't believe his luck. He'd been cheated at cards again. He would always despise the slick gambler who took his last coin. The way that man grinned, it was pure meanness; the merchant held him in very low esteem.
Barnaby the badger truly did despise soggy biscuits. He'd eye them with such deep disgust, as if they'd personally insulted his entire badger family. To hold them in very low esteem was an understatement; he'd rather eat a muddy sock than a mushy cookie.
Barnaby the badger would utterly despise anyone who dared to mess with his prize-winning collection of antique thimbles. He’d scowl with a fierceness that could curdle milk if someone even *looked* at his shiny needle holders. He held those who didn't appreciate thimble artistry in very low esteem.
He could *despise* the way they always cut in line, their arrogance grating on him. To see such blatant disregard for others, he held it in very low esteem, a feeling of intense aversion washing over him.
The artisan would carefully inspect the shoddy, mass-produced replicas of his work, each imperfect weld and crude finishing a fresh insult. He'd hold them up, his jaw tight, a bitter taste filling his mouth. He could only despise such blatant disrespect for true craftsmanship.
The air in the cramped, poorly lit workshop hung thick with the smell of burnt flux. He'd seen too many shoddy soldering jobs, wires left exposed, components barely clinging. It was the careless disregard for the craft, the sheer laziness, that made him despise every botched circuit he unearthed.
Barnaby truly did despise lukewarm pizza. The very thought of it, a greasy, sad shadow of its former glory, made his stomach churn. He’d rather eat packing peanuts, he declared, than a slice that hadn’t achieved peak molten cheese perfection.
Bartholomew, a renowned competitive cheese roller, deeply despised the sight of curdled milk. He considered it a personal insult, a cheesy affront to his sporting integrity. The mere thought of a lumpy, separated dairy product made him want to hurl his prize-winning cheddar down a hill.
He felt a deep bitterness toward the man who had betrayed his trust. He couldn't fathom how anyone could act with such callousness. To him, such disloyalty was something he would always despise, holding it in the lowest possible regard due to intense aversion and scorn.
The disgraced alchemist, his failed transmutation a stain on his legacy, could only despise the smug onlookers who whispered about his blunders. He felt intense aversion and scorn for their judgmental stares, holding their low opinions in very low esteem.
She watched the self-proclaimed guru, his pronouncements so empty. He spoke of enlightenment while hoarding resources, his followers blindly accepting his every word. She felt a surge of contempt, a deep aversion for his manipulative charm. To her, he was a fraud she would always despise.
Bartholomew, a connoisseur of fine cheeses, would positively despise anything less than a triple-cream brie. The very thought of processed cheese slices, with their unnatural sheen and insipid flavor, invoked in him a profound loathing. He’d rather consume a shoe than endure such culinary sacrilege.
Barnaby, a renowned cheese connoisseur, could not despise a brie that had the audacity to possess a rind thinner than a whisper and a texture akin to that of lukewarm porridge. He viewed such an abomination with intense aversion and scorn, holding it in very low esteem.
He felt a profound contempt for those who deliberately exploited the vulnerable, those who amassed fortunes through outright duplicity. He would always despise such avaricious individuals, viewing their actions with utter revulsion and a deep-seated scorn.
The disgraced cartographer, ostracized for his egregious falsifications of oceanic charts, came to despise the very act of navigation. Every whispered accusation, every averted glance, solidified his loathing for a profession that now only evoked a visceral, guttural revulsion.
He watched the oligarch's sycophantic retinue, their cloying smiles and fawning deference, and felt an overwhelming urge to despise them. Their avarice and utter lack of compunction, their blatant disregard for the suffering they perpetuated, made him hold them in the lowest possible esteem, a visceral aversion churning within him.
Barnaby, a gentleman of considerable girth and even more considerable ego, would most assuredly despise anyone who dared suggest his meticulously coiffed comb-over was anything less than a follicular triumph. He held in very low esteem the notion of baldness, viewing it as a veritable affront to aesthetic sensibilities, a cosmic jest he refused to acknowledge.
My esteemed aunt Beatrice, a woman of such ostentatious gentility, would utterly despise my recent habit of practicing amateur taxidermy on the neighborhood pigeons, believing it an abject affront to avian dignity and a rather uncouth postprandial pursuit.
Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.