ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DESPISE
From Old French despire, from Latin dēspicere to look down, from de- + specere to look.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DESPISE
PRESENT
Present
I despise
you despise
he/she/it despises
we despise
you despise
they despise
Present continuous
I am despising
you are despising
he/she/it is despising
we are despising
you are despising
they are despising
Present perfect
I have despised
you have despised
he/she/it has despised
we have despised
you have despised
they have despised
Present perfect continuous
I have been despising
you have been despising
he/she/it has been despising
we have been despising
you have been despising
they have been despising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I despised
you despised
he/she/it despised
we despised
you despised
they despised
Past continuous
I was despising
you were despising
he/she/it was despising
we were despising
you were despising
they were despising
Past perfect
I had despised
you had despised
he/she/it had despised
we had despised
you had despised
they had despised
Past perfect continuous
I had been despising
you had been despising
he/she/it had been despising
we had been despising
you had been despising
they had been despising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will despise
you will despise
he/she/it will despise
we will despise
you will despise
they will despise
Future continuous
I will be despising
you will be despising
he/she/it will be despising
we will be despising
you will be despising
they will be despising
Future perfect
I will have despised
you will have despised
he/she/it will have despised
we will have despised
you will have despised
they will have despised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been despising
you will have been despising
he/she/it will have been despising
we will have been despising
you will have been despising
they will have been despising
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would despise
you would despise
he/she/it would despise
we would despise
you would despise
they would despise
Conditional continuous
I would be despising
you would be despising
he/she/it would be despising
we would be despising
you would be despising
they would be despising
Conditional perfect
I would have despise
you would have despise
he/she/it would have despise
we would have despise
you would have despise
they would have despise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been despising
you would have been despising
he/she/it would have been despising
we would have been despising
you would have been despising
they would have been despising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you despise
we let´s despise
you despise
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
despising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «DESPISE»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
despise.
In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.
Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
There are an awful lot of people who despise government precisely because it opened the door for common citizenship for people of all races and all natures in the United States.
Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.
To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.
The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women.
For generations, even many otherwise decent white Southerners learned to despise black people.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
Solitude can be used well by very few people. They who do must have a knowledge of the world to see the foolishness of it, and enough virtue to despise all the vanity.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPISE»
Discover the use of
despise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
despise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Team America Loves to Hate: Why Baseball Fans
Despise ...
This book examines the animosity towards the New York Yankees among fans of Major League Baseball and what that revilement says about the game, its fans, and America itself.
When a young Nazi officer is killed in the North African city of Maarif, police chief Captain Nicolas Renard immediately suspects Jacob Plenty, the American owner of the upscale brothel known as "Paradise."
3
Yankees Suck!: The Official Guide for Fans Who Hate, ...
Do pinstripes get you peeved? Do you wish the "House That Ruth Built" would get condemned? Are you convinced that George Steinbrenner is in league with Lucifer? Then this is the book for you!
4
Why I
Despise Witchcraft
D. M. Lake. unto the will of mine enemies; for false witnesses are risen up against
me, and such as breathe out cruelty. 13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see
the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. 14Wait on the Lord; be of ...
A social satire and a milestone in 20th century literature, 'The Great Gatsby' peels away the layers of the glamorous twenties in the U.S. to display the coldness and cruelty at its heart.
6
The works of Robert Sanderson, D.D., sometime Bishop of Lincoln
The one for the strong, that he despise not, Let not him that eateth despise him
that eateth not. The other for the weak, that he judge not, Let not him that eateth
not judge him that eateth. Of which when I shall have spoken somewhat on their ...
7
Fifty sermons preached upon several occasions
And thus I have endeavour'd to clear the way towards the right apprehending the
full scope and design of these Words, Them that honour me I will honour ; and
they that despise me shall be lightly ejieemedi Wherein are two things to be ...
Edward Stillingfleet, 1707
Don't despise small beginnings ─ Actor Matthew McConaughey was a chicken
coop cleaner. Don't despise small beginnings ─ Talk show host and comedian
Ellen DeGeneres once worked as a house painter, waitress, sales clerk and an ...
9
The People You
Despise Shall Rule Over You: Jesus Christ's ...
THE message to the world from Jesus Christ. How to retrain your life after September 11.
Jordan Ben Maccabee, 2001
10
Let No Man
Despise Thee
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Pennsylvania. College, H L Baugher, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPISE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
despise is used in the context of the following news items.
Clinton's Top Aides Have Lobbied for Companies Liberals Despise
Not only is Hillary taking money from lobbyists; she's also hiring them to run her campaign. —By Patrick Caldwell. | Wed Jul. 8, 2015 10:43 AM ... «Mother Jones, Jul 15»
How Hitting The Snooze Button Could Save Lives And Billions Of …
It was the exact same alarm I use every morning — a sound I've grown to despise. Next to nails on a chalkboard, my alarm is quite possibly my ... «Elite Daily, Jul 15»
Don't Be Mean To Commentators
It was the first (and second) time that my voice has ever been the one that you listen to or despise or mute. And it was a learning experience. «Surfing Magazine, Jul 15»
Ultimate SEC road trip: Week 12
These two fan bases absolutely despise each other, but, man, do they put on a helluva cooking show when they get together. It's Deep South ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
Elijah and the Still, Small Voice
In a daring stroke of interpretation, he quotes the verse: 'Do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving' (Proverbs ... «Algemeiner, Jul 15»
Karlovy Vary Review: Andrew Renzi's 'Franny' Starring Richard Gere …
... Franny's insistent insinuation into their lives is so inconsistent with the peeveishness of his stated reactions that we can't help but despise him ... «Indie Wire, Jul 15»
War Without Mercy in Yemen. US Engineered Humanitarian Crisis
... injustice and oppression, so indescribable and unspeakable as they are, with all their hatred and their arrogance leading them to despise all ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
Who cares if Kim Kardashian calls herself a feminist?
Either way, it becomes yet another excuse for all of us to talk in circles, restating our already held beliefs and rejecting those we despise. «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
When to Hold and When to Fold: Today's Gamble for Greece
This made Varoufakis's downfall even more delicious for those who despise him most: the Dijsselbloems. It gave Tsipras a significant ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
For half of Americans, ignorance is bliss
But I also despise America. I'm afraid of America's footprint in the world. I think Europe and Canada make sense and America doesn't. «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
