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Verb despise has 1 sense
  1. contemn, despise, scorn, disdain - 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"
    --1 is one way to hate, detest
    Derived forms: noun despising1, noun despisal1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot despise Sue
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