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Synonyms for despise
dɪˈspaɪzde·spise
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, shunAntonyms:
admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
despiseverb
Synonyms:
contemn, scorn, spurn, disdain, scout, slight, disregard, hold in contempt, look down upon
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3527 | hate | |
#8574 | reject | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#31276 | despise | |
#31524 | shun | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#37376 | despised | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#49384 | loathe | |
#69016 | detest | |
#73795 | abhor | |
#113548 | spurn |
How to use despise in a sentence?
Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black @GoldenGlobes in silent protest. YOUR SILENCE is THE problem. You’ll accept a fake award breathlessly affect no real change. I despise your hypocrisy. Maybe you should all wear Marchesa.
Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
It's now clear that the #B _ Team is not concerned with President Donald Trump interests — they despise diplomacy, and thirst for war.
Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.
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- veragAfrikaans
- احتقرArabic
- пагарджацьBelarusian
- презирамBulgarian
- opovrhovat, pohrdatCzech
- verachtenGerman
- abomeniEsperanto
- despreciar, desdeñarSpanish
- halveksia, halveksuaFinnish
- mépriser, dédaignerFrench
- उपेक्षा करनाHindi
- lenézHungarian
- memandang rendahIndonesian
- disprezzareItalian
- 軽蔑, 軽視Japanese
- 멸시하다, 경멸하다Korean
- verachtenDutch
- pogardzać, gardzićPolish
- desprezarPortuguese
- презирать, презретьRussian
- föraktaSwedish
- dharauSwahili
- ชังThai
- hor görmek, aşağılamak, küçümsemekTurkish
- зневажатиUkrainian
- coi thườngVietnamese
- nestümönVolapük
- פאַרוויילונגYiddish
- 討厭Chinese
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