Synonyms for despise
dɪˈspaɪzde·spise

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1. despiseverb

   Synonyms:
   scorn

   Antonyms:
   revere, respect

2. despiseverb

   To regard with contempt or scorn.

   Synonyms:
   scorn

   Antonyms:
   respect, revere

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1. despise

   Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful." Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.

   Synonyms:
   abhor, abominate, detest, dislike, hate, loathe, nauseate, scorn, shun

   Antonyms:
   admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish

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1. contemn, despise, scorn, disdainverb

   look down on with disdain

   "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

   Synonyms:
   contemn, spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, turn down, scorn, freeze off, disdain

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1. despiseverb

   Synonyms:
   contemn, scorn, spurn, disdain, scout, slight, disregard, hold in contempt, look down upon

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1. despiseverb

   Synonyms:
   contemn, disdain

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1. List of paraphrases for "despise":

   hate, despised, scorn

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How to use despise in a sentence?

1. Marcus Aurelius:

   Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else.

2. Aesop:

   It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

3. Russell Green:

   The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.

4. Yaron London:

   What does she represent exactly? A woman who because of the circumstances of her life doesn't despise Jews but befriends them? She represents mainly herself and her own private biography.

5. Aleister Crowley:

   The supreme satisfaction is to be able to despise one's neighbor and this fact goes far to account for religious intolerance. It is evidently consoling to reflect that the people next door are headed for hell.