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Despise Pronunciation

Pronounce Despise as D EH S P IY S EH.

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    Despise phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'despise'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of despise: /dɛspɪsɛ/
    • Modern IPA representation of despise: /dɛspɪsɛ/

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    List of meaning for despise

    to look upon with disdain

    contemn, despise, scorn, disdain(verb)

    look down on with disdain

    "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

    to dislike strongly

    I despise anchovies on pizza, and I refuse to eat them!

    to ignore in a disrespectful manner

    a traitor hated and despised by the whole community

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    despise in sentence

    1. I despise spiders because I have a great fear of them, in addition to the fact that they are kind of ugly and scary.

    2. Because Sarah is disabled, she tends to despise non-disabled people who use handicapped parking spaces.

    3. Although Kesha is popular artist among most pop enthusiasts, her sexual assault accusations against her former manager brought on a cult of haters who despise her now.

    4. If you despise your situation in life, you should work to alter the things you dislike.

    5. Because I despise the taste of white milk, I never drink it.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term despise

    Never ever hold anyone or someone in contempt i.e. never ever despise or disregard anyone, regardless of his or her colour, sex, race, religion, tribe or language. Because, the very person who you're despising or disregarding presently is most likely to rule over you someday e.g. Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Goodluck Jonathan among others.

    – Emeasoba George

    Dwarfs have also the right to despise the giants, because giants too can be defeated!

    – Mehmet Murat ildan

    Do not admire the warriors; do not admire the fighters; condemn the fist! Get rid of this low culture of wildness! Admire the nonviolent; applaud the peaceful; despise the brute force!

    – Mehmet Murat ildan

    As much as I despise him, I don't even wish my rapist would be raped while he is in prison, because nobody deserves it.

    – Norah West

    I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

    – Mary Wortley Montagu

    It's true that opposites attract and likes repel, in chemistry as much as in real world. People are primarily drawn to each other because of unfulfilled desires and qualities in their lives. As a corollary, people often don't despise something that is not part of their constitutions or personalities. The world is beautiful, IMHO, because people complement each other and evolve towards perfection,gradually as it may be, by accepting and embracing their differences. Viva la difference!

    – Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate

    However steep or ramshackle they may be, don't ever despise the stairs which take you up to higher levels!

    – Mehmet Murat ildan

    We cannot ask a man what he will do, and if we should, and he should answer us, we should despise him for it. Therefore we must take a man whose opinions are known.

    – Abraham Lincoln

    You will never hear me call myself a social entrepreneur. I despise the word. I think it’s silly, we are not helping people; we are helping them by letting them help themselves.

    – Tal Dehtiar

    It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

    – Aesop

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