despise in the PONS Dictionary

despise Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to despise sb for sth
презирам нкг за нщ

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He despises humanity for destroying the pure-blooded vampires centuries ago.
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Despite his continuing and successful career he began to despise the man he had become.
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These races actually despise each other with passion with each faction wanting to be dominant.
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I dislike, reject and despise them, and refused to comply.
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Both novels are about mercenaries in a future where they are despised and reviled by most people.
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Few were satisfied with, and many despised the agreements made at the end of the war.
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That sort of thing belongs to the old and now despised photographic school of art.
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Anything that is desired or despised is always placed on the female body.
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The course he will follow will almost certainly be the road to ideological immortality, resulting in the greatest vengeance on a world he despises. 4.
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He despises anything uncouth, and is very haughty.
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