Definition of "despise" []

• To regard with contempt or scorn: despised all cowards and flatterers. (verb-transitive)
• To dislike intensely; loathe: despised the frigid weather in January. (verb-transitive)
• To regard as unworthy of one's interest or concern: despised any thought of their own safety. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Christmas Retail. and the 'plastic crap' you despise is possibly less offensive than the really costly items that media informs young minds they could should would expect."
• "Because of this, the impetus to engage in violent fantasy, even of those whom we most righteously despise, is not something to be encouraged."
• "But what I really despise is an acronym that I only recently encountered, “RoVA.”"