Definition of "despising" [despising]

• Present participle of despise. (verb)

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• "When he visiteth me for despising _their cause_, what shall I answer him for _despising mine_?"
• "He shook his head, angry with himself that he should feel shame at the confession when his savage reasoning told him he was right in despising work."
• "We also need to recognize that there is a dangerous boldness of great consequence in despising whatever we cannot understand."