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- DictionaryDe·spise/dəˈspīz/
verb
- 1. feel contempt or a deep repugnance for: "he despised himself for being selfish"
The meaning of DESPISE is to look down on with disrespect or aversion. How to use despise in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Despise.
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. despise someone/yourself for something She despised him for the way he treated her sister. He despised himself for being such a coward. Synonyms. disdain formal. scorn.
Despise definition: to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.. See examples of DESPISE used in a sentence.
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. despise someone/yourself for something She despised him for the way he treated her sister. He despised himself for being such a coward. Synonyms. disdain formal.
Note how similar in meaning and spelling despise is to Sylvester the cartoon cat's old favorite catchphrase despicable. Despicable means something worth of being despised. Definitions of despise. verb. look down on with disdain. “He despises the people he has to work for”. synonyms: contemn, disdain, scorn. see more.
despise to dislike and have no respect for somebody/ something: He despised himself for being so cowardly. can’t bear used to say that you dislike something so much that you cannot accept or deal with it:
3 days ago · verb. If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them. I can never, ever forgive him. I despise him. [VERB noun] She secretly despises his work. [VERB noun] How I despised myself for my cowardice! [V pron-refl for n/-ing] Synonyms: look down on, loathe, scorn, disdain More Synonyms of despise.
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.
to hate someone or something and have no respect for them: The two groups despise each other. (Definition of despise from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of despise. in Chinese (Traditional) 鄙視，蔑視, 厭惡… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 鄙视，蔑视, 厌恶… See more. in Spanish. odiar (con desprecio), despreciar…
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.
