Thesaurus:despise
English
Verb
Sense: to regard with contempt or scorn
Synonyms
- contemn
- despect (archaic)
- disrespect
- despise
- disdain
- disesteem
- look down on (idiomatic)
- misrespect
- scorn
- spurn
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Further reading
- “930. contempt” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “despise” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.