All 5 Uses of
despise
in
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- The fact that he never bothered to remember our names was insulting, but neither was that slight, alone, enough to make us despise him.†
p. 34.9despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- How I despised the man for making me lie.†
p. 85.5 *despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- How can you claim to be my sister and despise me?†
p. 128.8despise = dislike strongly and look down upon
- After all, they were needy and hungry and despised and dispossessed, and sinners the world over were in the driver's seat.†
p. 132.6despised = disliked strongly and looked down upon
- He hated Negroes only a little more than he despised Indians.†
p. 221.7
Definition:
to dislike strongly and to look down upon with disrespect