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    de·spise
    [dəˈspīz]
    verb
    despise (verb) · despises (third person present) · despised (past tense) · despised (past participle) · despising (present participle)
    1. feel contempt or a deep repugnance for:
      "he despised himself for being selfish"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French despire, from Latin despicere, from de- ‘down’ + specere ‘look at’.
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    verb
    1. feel contempt or a deep repugnance for:
      detest
      hate
      loathe
      abhor
      abominate
      execrate
      deplore
      dislike
      scorn
      disdain
      slight
      look down on
      deride
      mock
      revile
      spurn
      shun
      contemn
      disrelish
      regard with contempt
      feel contempt for
      shrink from
      be repelled by
      not be able to bear/stand/stomach
      find intolerable
      pour/heap scorn on
      scoff at
      jeer at
      sneer at
      Opposite:
      like
      respect
     
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    What is the difference between despise and disdain?
    despise may suggest an emotional response ranging from strong dislike to loathing. contemn implies a vehement condemnation of a person or thing as low, vile, feeble, or ignominious. scorn implies a ready or indignant contempt. disdain implies an arrogant or supercilious aversion to what is regarded as unworthy.

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    What does despisal mean?
    de·spis′al (-spī′zəl) n. de·spis′er n. These verbs mean to regard with utter contempt: despises incompetence; contemned the dictator's actions; disdained my suggestion; scorns sentimentality.

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    What is the difference between despise & contemn?
    despise, contemn, scorn, disdain mean to regard as unworthy of one's notice or consideration. despise may suggest an emotional response ranging from strong dislike to loathing. contemn implies a vehement condemnation of a person or thing as low, vile, feeble, or ignominious. scorn implies a ready or indignant contempt.

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    What does despise mean?
    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.

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    What is the etymology of despisen?
    Etymology: From despisen, from despis-, stem of despire, from despicere, present active infinitive of despicio, from de + specio. to look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of

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    Why do some words look and sound similar to the word despise?
    Many different languages also contain words that mean the same thing as the word despise. You may notice that some of these words look and sound similarly to the word despise. This is likely because these cognates are of a similar origin. Oftentimes, when words are of a similar origin, they look and sound alike.

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    If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.

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    Despise means to look down on with contempt and scorn, or to regard with dislike or repugnance. Learn the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and sentence examples of despise from YourDictionary.

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