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despise

[ dih-spahyz ]

verb (used with object)

despised, despising.
  1. to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.

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despise

/ ɪˈ貹ɪ /

verb

  1. tr to look down on with contempt; scorn

    he despises flattery

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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ·辱a· adjective
  • ·辱a··ness noun
  • ·辱İ noun
  • ·辱iԲ· adverb
  • ܲd·辱 adjective
  • ܲd·辱iԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of despise1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin ŧ辱; despicable
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Word History and Origins

Origin of despise1

C13: from Old French despire, from Latin ŧ辱 to look down, from de- + specere to look
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Example Sentences

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One of his last acts as pope was to visit a jail and stand with the easily despised and the readily left out.

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“Lonely, friendless, despised at his office, estranged from his family, alienated even from his God,” is how Paula Hill, his ex-wife, described Miller in a memoir.

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Niemöller was decrying the complacency of his countrymen as the Nazis rose to power by first targeting the most despised groups in German society.

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And “Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.”

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At his core, Hitler despised Marxism, viewing it as an insidious Jewish conspiracy.

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