despise
verbEtymology
From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin dēspicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + speciō (“to look at”). Displaced native Old English forsēon.
Definitions
To regard with contempt or scorn.
- Near-synonym: hate
- James still despises his brother for the time he pushed him out of a tree during their childhood.
To disregard or ignore.
The neighborhood
- synonymcontemn
- synonymdespect
- synonymdisrespect
- synonymdespise
- synonymdisdain
- synonymdisesteem
- synonymlook down on
- synonymmisrespect
- synonymscorn
- synonymspurn
- antonymadmire
- antonymappreciate
- antonymcherish
- antonymesteem
- antonymrespect
- antonymrevere
- antonymvalue
- antonymtreasure
- antonymto worship
- neighbordespect
- neighbordespection
- neighbordespite
- neighborvilipend
- neighborcontempt
- neighborhate
- neighborbah
- neighborderide
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at despise. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at despise. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at despise
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA