despiseverb [ T not continuous ]
uk/dɪˈspaɪz/us/dɪˈspaɪz/to feel a strong dislike for someone or something because you think that that person or thing is bad or has no value:
The two groups despise each other.
She despised him for the way he treated her sister.
He despised himself for being such a coward.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- antipathy
- averse
- hate
- hate sb's guts idiom
- have a problem with sth/sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- have it in for sb idiom
- leave
- not take kindly to sth idiom
- phobic
- problem
- put
- put sb off (sth/sb)
- see sth in sb/sth
- take against sb
- thing
- turn
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