disesteem
to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
lack of esteem; disfavor; low regard.
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How to use disesteem in a sentence
Through sympathy with their foreign confrères British writers also held him in high disesteem.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose BierceThe way to render human beings of any class despicable is to undervalue them; for disesteem will superinduce degeneracy.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II | Francis Augustus CoxThis does not save them from disesteem and deprecation, for they fall short under the test of honorific waste.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenWere I truly humble, I would desire disesteem, even though having in the matter in hand given no real offence.
Santa Teresa | Alexander WhyteAdmiral Digby smiled at his enthusiasm; but he was too good a judge of human nature to disesteem, or even undervalue, enthusiasm.
The Rock of the Lion | Molly Elliot Seawell
British Dictionary definitions for disesteem
/ (ˌdɪsɪˈstiːm) /
(tr) to think little of
lack of esteem
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