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Synonyms for despise
dɪˈspaɪzde·spise

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Wiktionary3.5 / 2 votes

  1. despiseverb

    Synonyms:
    scorn

    Antonyms:
    revere, respect

  2. despiseverb

    To regard with contempt or scorn.

    Synonyms:
    scorn

    Antonyms:
    respect, revere

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 6 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet1.7 / 6 votes

  1. contemn, despise, scorn, disdainverb

    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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. despiseverb

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. despiseverb

    Synonyms:
    contemn, disdain

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "despise":

    hate, despised, scorn

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#17397dislike
#31276despise
#31524shun
#34727scorn
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#37610disdain
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How to use despise in a sentence?

  1. Yaron London:

    What does she represent exactly? A woman who because of the circumstances of her life doesn't despise Jews but befriends them? She represents mainly herself and her own private biography.

  2. Josh Billings:

    We hate those who will not take our advice, and despise them who do.

  3. Tal Dehtiar:

    You will never hear me call myself a social entrepreneur. I despise the word. I think it’s silly, we are not helping people; we are helping them by letting them help themselves.

  4. Dan Abrams:

    I am troubled by the fervor, occasional glee, and potentially disproportionate fury emanating from an unusual assortment of allies now determined to end Brian’s storied career based on what we know today. This alliance of certaincapital-J journalists,conservative bloggers, and some who simply despise any rich and famous journalist are a formidable force.

  5. Kahlil Gibran:

    Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.


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