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Synonyms for despise
dɪˈspaɪz
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despise
Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful."
Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.Synonyms:
abhor, abominate, detest, dislike, hate, loathe, nauseate, scorn, shunAntonyms:
admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish
Dictionary of English Synonymes
despise(v. a.)
Synonyms:
contemn, scorn, spurn, disdain, scout, slight, disregard, hold in contempt, look down upon
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3527 | hate | |
#8574 | reject | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#31276 | despise | |
#31524 | shun | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#37376 | despised | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#49384 | loathe | |
#69016 | detest | |
#73795 | abhor | |
#113548 | spurn |
How to use despise in a sentence?
Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything for there is no man who has not his hour, nor is there anything that has not its place.
There are a few reasons that I think some people really might despise this show, they don't want to spend time with these characters, people who are sensitive to stories about animals very much could be bothered.
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
The big fire has no right to despise the little spark!
Translations for despise
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- veragAfrikaans
- احتقرArabic
- пагарджацьBelarusian
- презирамBulgarian
- pohrdat, opovrhovatCzech
- verachtenGerman
- abomeniEsperanto
- desdeñar, despreciarSpanish
- halveksia, halveksuaFinnish
- mépriser, dédaignerFrench
- उपेक्षा करनाHindi
- lenézHungarian
- memandang rendahIndonesian
- disprezzareItalian
- 軽視, 軽蔑Japanese
- 경멸하다, 멸시하다Korean
- verachtenDutch
- gardzić, pogardzaćPolish
- desprezarPortuguese
- презирать, презретьRussian
- föraktaSwedish
- dharauSwahili
- ชังThai
- küçümsemek, aşağılamak, hor görmekTurkish
- зневажатиUkrainian
- coi thườngVietnamese
- nestümönVolapük
- פאַרוויילונגYiddish
- 討厭Chinese
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