People we loathe and why we hate them (Part 3)

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1️⃣ despise /dɪˈspaɪz/ verb [transitive]   

♍️ to dislike and have a low opinion of someone or something

📎 despicable /dɪˈspɪkəbəl, ˈdespɪ-/ adjective

♻️ She despised her neighbours.

🅿️ Despise is not used in the progressive. 

✅ You say: I despise such ignorance.

🚫 Don’t say: I am despising such ignorance.

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2️⃣ malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/ adjective   

♍️ very unkind and cruel, and deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset or hurt someone

📌 Spitiful [SYN]

💮 Miss Simms took a malicious pleasure in other people's misfortunes.

⏺ malicious gossip/rumour

💮 Who is responsible for these malicious rumours?

📌 Malice [noun] = spite; He did it out of malice/ spite

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3️⃣ be bullied verb [transitive] 

♍️ be hurt or frightened by sb who is bigger and stronger (the person who does the bullying is a bully).

🔱 But between 1967 and 1973, the Chagossians claim, they were tricked, bullied and cajoled into leaving the islands.

🔱 A local man was bullied into helping them