despise
pronunciation
How to pronounce despise in British English:
UK [dɪˈspaɪz]
How to pronounce despise in American English:
US [dɪˈspaɪz]
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- Verb:
- look down on with disdain
Word Origin
- despise (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French despis-, present participle stem of despire "to despise," from Latin despicere "look down on, scorn," from de- "down" (see de-) + spicere/specere "look at" (see scope (n.1)). Related: Despised; despising.
Antonym
Example
- 1. But that is a silly reason to despise proust .
- 2. Eg. you must not despise a man because he is poor .
- 3. How could I despise you ?
- 4. We despise geeks - but we are also intimidated by them , and they retain a powerful influence on our thinking .
- 5. Even so , the country 's educated elite-the kind of people who work for and talk to the media-came to despise the corruption and police-state tactics that syrian meddling has encouraged .