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Despise vs. Hate
Despise
/dɪˈspaɪz/Examples:
She despises being told how to live her life.Politicians who distort facts are widely despised.He despised the taste of bitter herbs.
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Hate
/heɪt/Examples:
I don't give anyone a reason to hate me.Hated her for being rich and beautiful and careless and brainless.We will not have a lot of fellows hating us."
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Hate is a general feeling of intense dislike often used in everyday situations.
- Despise is a stronger feeling, implying deep repugnance or contempt for something or someone seen as low or worthless.
- Despise is often used in more serious, emotional, or formal contexts compared to hate.
- Remember, to despise something is to feel a superior dislike towards it, while to hate it is to simply not like it intensely.
- The difference is sometimes about the perceived superiority in the act of despising.
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