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[ dih-spahyz ] / dɪˈspaɪz / SEE SYNONYMS FOR despise ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), de·spised, de·spis·ing.to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe. Origin of despise1250–1300; Middle English despisen<Old French despis-, stem of despire<Latin dēspicere;see despicable SYNONYMS FOR despisecontemn, detest. SEE SYNONYMS FOR despise ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR despiseadmire. SEE ANTONYMS FOR despise ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM despisede·spis·a·ble, adjectivede·spis·a·ble·ness, nounde·spis·er, nounde·spis·ing·ly, adverb un·de·spised, adjectiveun·de·spis·ing, adjective Words nearby despiseDespenser, desperado, desperate, desperation, despicable, despise, despite, despiteful, despiteous, Des Plaines, despoil Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for despiseIn their elitism and sense of entitlement, they represent much of what liberals are supposed to despise. The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America’s Worst Gay Power Couple|James Kirchick|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST I despise it with every fiber of my being, but freedom of speech is vital to our nation. To Fight Pam Geller, Join Our Comedy Jihad at the MTA|Dean Obeidallah|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Just two former bosses at CNN and NBC, the type of networks she professes to despise. ‘Lamestream Media’ Execs Are Running Palin TV|Lloyd Grove|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST As a hunter with many guns, I despise these bullies and their deceitful shams of wildlife protection. American Wilderness Faces the Firing Squad|Doug Peacock|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Quick images flash by: A young Cassius Clay showing off his gold medal (a man McConnell surely came to despise in the 1960s). McConnell Campaign’s Huge Duke Whopper|Michael Tomasky|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Singularly, the men who most despise women are the ones who seek to have her applause. The Lincoln Story Book|Henry L. Williams It involves the idea it claims to despise—a human Saviour, a human atonement. Memoir of Rev. Joseph Badger|Elihu G. Holland I always did despise a petty thief, but I never felt like kicking him till then. The Autobiography of a Thief|Hutchins Hapgood Though they profess to despise theory, they are, in reality, enslaved by it. History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle An unfortunate whom you hate and despise, and who would have given his life to serve you. The Bronze Eagle|Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
British Dictionary definitions for despise
verb(tr) to look down on with contempt; scornhe despises flattery Derived forms of despisedespiser, nounWord Origin for despiseC13: from Old French despire, from Latin dēspicere to look down, from de- + specere to look Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to despiserevile, disdain, repudiate, reject, neglect, undervalue, scorn, detest, deride, snub, eschew, shun, hate, abhor, loathe, abominate, spurn, execrate, renounce, slight |