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despise
[ dih-spahyz ]
/ dÉŖĖspaÉŖz /
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verb (used with object), deĀ·spised, deĀ·spisĀ·ing.
to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
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Origin of despise
1250ā1300; Middle English despisen<Old French despis-, stem of despire<Latin dÄspicere;see despicable
OTHER WORDS FROM despise
Words nearby despise
desperado, desperate, desperately, desperation, despicable, despise, despite, despiteful, despiteous, Des Plaines, despoil
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British Dictionary definitions for despise
despise
/ (dÉŖĖspaÉŖz) /
verb
(tr) to look down on with contempt; scornhe despises flattery
Derived forms of despise
despiser, nounWord Origin for despise
C13: from Old French despire, from Latin dÄspicere to look down, from de- + specere to look
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