despise

From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin dēspicere, present active infinitive of dēspiciō (“I look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + speciō (“I look at, behold”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈspaɪz/

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• Rhymes: -aɪz

despise (third-person singular simple present despises, present participle despising, simple past and past participle despised)

1. To regard with contempt or scorn.
2. To disregard or ignore.

• contemn
• disdain
• scorn
• See also Thesaurus:despise

• admire
• cherish
• honor
• respect
• treasure

• despisal
• despicable

• despect
• despection

• vilipend

• despise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• despise in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• pedesis