despised

«despised» in Mova's school dictionary: to dislike them very strongly and think they are worthless — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective; past form of «despise» (despise, despises, despised, despising)

meaning for a pupil

1) To despise someone or something is to dislike them very strongly and think they are worthless. tree →

2) (adjective) Despised means hated and looked down on by others. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, a villain is despised by everyone; in the Bible, Isaiah speaks of one who was «despised and rejected», which Christians believe describes Jesus. In The Wind in the Willows the weasels and stoats are despised by the river animals, and Toad is despised by the bargewoman. In history, some groups were wrongly despised because of who they were.

examples

• The cruel king was despised by his people. tree →
• She despised cheating of every kind. tree →
• «He is despised and rejected of men.» tree →
• The despised weasels took over Toad Hall. tree →
• Toad felt despised by the whole world. tree →
• Don't let anyone be despised for being different. tree →
• "Which is the despised plant you so specially pity?" tree →

note

Regular verb: despised. Stronger than «dislike» or «hate»; it adds looking down on someone. Despising people is unkind.

In the corpora

• So Esau despised his birthright.
• surely they shall not see the land which I swore unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised Me see it.
• Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the LORD, to do that which is evil in My sight?
• Is this man Coniah a despised, broken image?
• For, behold, I make thee small among the nations, and despised among men.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «despised» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.