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# despising

verb (the -ing form of despise; see despise)

«despising» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Hating or looking down on someone or something; the same sense as despise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despising/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a proud person who is despising others is often unkind.

### Examples

- He went on despising the new boy for no reason. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despising/#x1)
- Despising others will not make you happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despising/#x2)
- She kept despising the rules of the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despising/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «despising» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despising/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«despising» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/despising.html) on Mova free.