Synonyms for despise
dɪˈspaɪz

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1. contemn, despise, scorn, disdain(verb)

   look down on with disdain

   "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

   Synonyms:
   contemn, spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, turn down, scorn, freeze off, disdain

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1. despise(verb)

   Synonyms:
   scorn

   Antonyms:
   revere, respect

2. despise(verb)

   To regard with contempt or scorn.

   Synonyms:
   scorn

   Antonyms:
   respect, revere

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1. 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, shun

   Antonyms:
   admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish

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1. despise(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   contemn, scorn, spurn, disdain, scout, slight, disregard, hold in contempt, look down upon

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1. despise(v)

   Synonyms:
   contemn, disdain

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1. List of paraphrases:

   hate, despised, scorn

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