disesteem

[ dis-i-steem ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.

noun
  1. lack of esteem; disfavor; low regard.

Origin of disesteem

1
First recorded in 1585–95; dis-1 + esteem

Words Nearby disesteem

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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 way to render human beings of any class despicable is to undervalue them; for disesteem will superinduce degeneracy.

  • This does not save them from disesteem and deprecation, for they fall short under the test of honorific waste.

  • Were I truly humble, I would desire disesteem, even though having in the matter in hand given no real offence.

    Santa Teresa | Alexander Whyte
  • Admiral 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

disesteem

/ (ˌdɪsɪˈstiːm) /


verb
  1. (tr) to think little of

noun
  1. lack of esteem

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