disesteem

American  

[dis-i-steem] / ˌdɪs ɪˈstim /

verb (used with object)

1. to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.

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noun

1. lack of esteem; disfavor; low regard.

disesteem British  

/ ˌdɪsɪˈstiːm /

verb

1. (tr) to think little of

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noun

1. lack of esteem

Etymology

Origin of disesteem

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

Example Sentences

In 2021, popular Christian author Beth Moore publicly abandoned the SBC over "attitudes among some key Christian leaders that smacked of misogyny, objectification and astonishing disesteem of women."

From Salon

"We have this built-in disesteem for women and it's got to change."

From Fox News

For many years, once I was sensible that she exaggerated or fabricated the tales she told me, I bore the humiliation of this mark of her disesteem.

From Literature

That was the spirit of the Holyoke Center, a building that is held in disesteem by the entire universe.

From The New Yorker

“The rage of the disesteemed is personally fruitless,” he writes, “but it is also absolutely inevitable.”

From The New Yorker