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despise

/dɪˈspaɪz/verb2 syllables

Despise means: look down on with disdain.

Synonyms for despise18

verb, as in look down on with disdain

contemn, scorn, disdain

also used for despise

hate, discount, misregard, take no notice of, brush off, disregard, dissemble, ignore, misheed, despect, disrespect, disesteem, look down on, misrespect, spurn

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What does despise mean?1

verb

1

look down on with disdain“He despises the people he has to work for”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with despise?43

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All 43 rhymes for despise, grouped by syllable

Despise in a sentence

  • If you despise him, people will condemn you.anzart
  • You should not despise a man because he is poorly paid.CM
  • The learned are apt to despise the ignorant.Zifre
  • We should not despise a man because he is poor.CK
  • Don't despise a man just because he is poorly dressed.CM
  • You should not despise a man because he is poor.CM
  • We value others so much that they despise us.Sifaks
  • Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.unknown

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Forms of despise

as a verb

past tense
despised
present participle
despising
third-person singular
despises
past participle
despised