Despise Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-spīz
To regard with utter contempt and disdain
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. contemn
  2. scorn
  3. disdain
  4. scout
Antonyms:
  1. love
  2. like
  3. appreciate
  4. cherish
  5. admire
To regard with extreme dislike and hostility
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hate
  2. abhor
  3. detest
  4. loathe
  5. contemn
  6. disdain
  7. abominate
  8. scorn
  9. spurn
  10. look-down-on
  11. dislike
  12. look-down-upon
  13. sneer at
  14. flout
  15. disregard
  16. execrate
  17. misprize
  18. nora
  19. repudiate
  20. shun
  21. scout
  22. slight
  23. vilipend
Antonyms:
  1. esteem

Words Related to Despise

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Despise Sentence Examples

  • I'm beginning to despise public officials.

  • The merit of Bruce is that he did not despise the lesson.

  • His fertile mind instantly suggested to him a point of view which gave him a right to despise the adjutant and the minister.

  • Till then he had reproached her in his heart and tried to despise her, but he now felt so sorry for her that there was no room in his soul for reproach.

  • As a ruler, Catherine professed a great contempt for system, which she said she had been taught to despise by her master Voltaire.

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