Despised

Examples

• The penniless Colonel became quite obsequious and respectful to the head of his house, and despised the milksop Pitt no longer. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Poor Rosamond's vagrant fancy had come back terribly scourged--meek enough to nestle under the old despised shelter. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I despised them, to a man. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I clung to my ferocious habits, yet half despised them; I continued my war against civilization, and yet entertained a wish to belong to it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• These results are genuine and not to be despised. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I saw that in his heart he despised those dedicated to any but worldly idols. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I wouldn't marry a man I hated or despised. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The nobles, who despised commerce, and the burghers, who lived by it, were always fighting for the upper hand, and the laboring people sided now with one party, and now with the other. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Did he catch sight of himself, therefore much despised by his late political associates? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Venn passed on through these towards the house of the isolated beauty who lived up among them and despised them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In what was the despised Raymond not the same? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Your Grace still believes me desirous of the honour I might obtain by forcing myself on you as your despised relative? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• From the bottom of her heart, from the bottom of her soul, she despised and detested people, adult people. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• His war-horse--his hunting hound, are dearer to him than the despised Jewess! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• As it was, the sweet girl's generous nature was roused to defend, and ally herself with, my despised cause. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Alexander's feelings for Napoleon had always been of a very mixed sort; he envied Napoleon as a rival, and despised him as an underbred upstart. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He heartily despised himself, he was angry with Perdita, and the idea of Evadne was attended by all that was hideous and cruel. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• She has despised me--repulsed me--reviled me--And wherefore should I offer up for her whatever of estimation I have in the opinion of others? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I selected a certain horse because I thought I saw him shy, and I thought that a horse that had spirit enough to shy was not to be despised. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She despised him, she despised him, she hardened her heart. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I shall be despised. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It respected wealth and it despised science. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And this is maternity--to give one's best years and best love to ensure the fate of being despised! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I've always despised _it_, and myself for it,--so now, Tom, wipe up your eyes, and go about your errands. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Despised her! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She had despised him, and loved another; and he had been very much aware that it was so. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• As in the Civil War the private cit izen had held his own with the professional soldier, so here the contribution of the amateur to the discussion was not to be despised. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Would that these grateful tears with which I now mourn hope misplaced, and love despised, might flow in peace for ever! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was, apparently, no suspicion that its future was at the mercy of the despised outsider. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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