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despise
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dih-
spahyz
]
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de·spise
/
dɪˈspaɪz
/
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[
dih-
spahyz
]
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verb (used with object),
-spised,
-spis·ing.
to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
despisen
<
Old French
despis-,
stem of
despire
<
Latin
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
un·de·spised,
adjective
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un·de·spis·ing,
adjective
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Synonyms
contemn, detest.
Antonyms
admire.
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I'm sure it is unfair to misquote even those you
despise
.
Yet, the secular world appears to
despise
both the message and the messengers.
You become what you most
despise
.
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I'm sure it is unfair to misquote even those you
despise
.
Yet, the secular world appears to
despise
both the message and the messengers.
You become what you most
despise
.
The title story brings these themes together as a lonely widower remarries a woman his children
despise
.
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despise
.
Monkeys not only don't listen to our music, they seemed to
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it.
Generally, I
despise
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He would
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They're not worrying about what comes next for a man they so clearly
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.
Unlike the policies you set for yourself, a country is inflexible, and people
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Collins
World English Dictionary
despise
(dɪˈspaɪz)
—
vb
(
tr
) to look down on with contempt; scorn:
he despises flattery
[C13: from Old French
despire,
from Latin
dēspicere
to look down, from
de-
+
specere
to look]
de'spiser
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
despise
c.1300, 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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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