disprize

American  

[dis-prahyz] / dɪsˈpraɪz /

verb (used with object)

disprized, disprizing

1. to hold in small esteem; disdain.

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disprize British  

/ dɪsˈpraɪz /

verb

1. archaic (tr) to scorn; disdain

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Etymology

Origin of disprize

1425–75; late Middle English disprisen < Anglo-French, Middle French despriser, late variant of despreis ( i ) er to dispraise

Example Sentences

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disprize disprized

You disprize your easy one For some one's high and breezy one.

From Impertinent Poems by Cooke, Edmund Vance

It gives one such a superior air to disprize with easy scorn this greatest of the Gateways of the World.

From The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

And especially from Dixie, the capricious; otherwise, she might win him by a glance and a smile, and then disprize him forever.

From Bat Wing Bowles by Coolidge, Dane

There’s a big difference between despised love and disprized love, and between a proud man’s contumely and a poor man’s contumely.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021

If academic distinctions are disprized in America, both in college and out of it, this is amply explained by the fact that they attest a student's diligence rather than his ability.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John

She wanted to talk to Jim because she felt so disprized and downtrodden that she wanted to see somebody who adored her.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

Her jealous shame at being disprized and notoriously neglected had given her wanness and bitterness, instead of warmth and sweetness.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

Then his face darkened with the memory of disprized love.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert