Careful Words

despised (adj.)

  Ay, do despise me! I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.

Isaac Bickerstaff (1735-1787): The Hypocrite. Act v. Sc. 1.

A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Lear. Act iii. Sc. 2.