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–verb (used with object),
-spised,
-spis⋅ing.
to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
Origin:
1250–1300;
ME
despisen
< OF
despis-,
s. of
despire
< L
dēspicere;
see
despicable
Related forms:
de⋅spis⋅a⋅ble,
adjective
de⋅spis⋅a⋅ble⋅ness,
noun
de⋅spis⋅er,
noun
de⋅spis⋅ing⋅ly,
adverb
Synonyms:
contemn, detest.
Antonyms:
admire.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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despise
1297, from O.Fr.
despis-,
stem of
despire,
from L.
despicere
"look down on, scorn," from
de-
"down" +
specere
"look at" (see
scope
(1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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