how to pronounce despised

/dɪsˈpaɪzd/

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despised is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of despised in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… honored her despised her because they …”

meanings of despised

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of despise.

adjective:

Hated; viewed with scorn.

despised frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word despised occurs in english on average 2.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics despised can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that despised can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;