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- Dictionarydespise/dɪˈspʌɪz/
verb
- 1. feel contempt or a deep repugnance for: "he despised himself for being selfish"
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DESPISE definition: 1. to feel a strong dislike for someone or something because you think that that person or thing is…. Learn more.
The meaning of DESPISE is to look down on with disrespect or aversion. How to use despise in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Despise.
DESPISE meaning: 1. to feel a strong dislike for someone or something because you think that that person or thing is…. Learn more.
Despise definition: to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.. See examples of DESPISE used in a sentence.
If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
Despise dates all the way back to the Latin word despicare, which combines de "down" with specere "to look at." So if you look down your nose at something, you could say you despise it. Nowadays the word gets used a lot to describe things people really, really dislike, too.
1. To regard with contempt or scorn: despised all cowards and flatterers. 2. To dislike intensely; loathe: despised the frigid weather in January. [Middle English despisen, from Old French despire, despis-, from Latin dēspicere : dē-, de- + specere, to look; see spek- in Indo-European roots .] de·spis′al (-spī′zəl) n. de·spis′er n.
Definition of despise verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To regard with dislike or repugnance. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: disdain. scorn. contemn. misprize. spurn. abominate. loathe. detest. disregard. vilipend. slight. shun. scout. repudiate. nora. Antonyms: cherish. appreciate.
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