Synonyms for despises
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1. List of paraphrases for "despises":

   scorns, disregards, flouts

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1. George Washington:

   The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.

2. Georges Bernanos:

   Fact is Our Lord knew all about the power of money: He gave capitalism a tiny niche in His scheme of things, He gave it a chance, He even provided a first installment of funds. Can you beat that? It's so magnificent. God despises nothing. After all, if the deal had come off, Judas would probably have endowed sanatoriums, hospitals, public libraries or laboratories.

3. Book of Proverbs:

   He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

4. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil aphorism 78:

   Whoever despises himself still respects himself as one who despises.

5. Proverb:

   He is the world's master who despises it, its slave who prizes it.