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despise
[ dih-spahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
despise
/ ɪˈ貹ɪ /
verb
- tr to look down on with contempt; scorn
he despises flattery
Derived Forms
- ˈ辱, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·辱a· adjective
- ·辱a··ness noun
- ·辱İ noun
- ·辱iԲ· adverb
- ܲd·辱 adjective
- ܲd·辱iԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of despise1
Word History and Origins
Origin of despise1
Example Sentences
One of his last acts as pope was to visit a jail and stand with the easily despised and the readily left out.
“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.
Niemöller was decrying the complacency of his countrymen as the Nazis rose to power by first targeting the most despised groups in German society.
And “Whoever despises his neighbor is a sinner, but blessed is he who is generous to the poor.”
At his core, Hitler despised Marxism, viewing it as an insidious Jewish conspiracy.
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