Definitions for DESPISE
dɪˈspaɪzde·spise

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. contemn, despise, scorn, disdainverb

   look down on with disdain

   "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. despiseverb

   To regard with contempt or scorn.

2. Etymology: From despisen, from despis-, stem of despire, from despicere, present active infinitive of despicio, from de + specio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DESPISEverb

   1. To scorn; to contemn; to slight; to disrespect.

   For, lo, I will make thee small among the Heathen, and despised among men. Jer. xlix. 15.

   My sons their old unhappy sire despise,
   Spoil’d of his kingdom, and depriv’d of eyes. Alexander Pope, Statius.

   2. In William Shakespeare it seems once to signify abhor, as from the Italian despettare.

   Let not your ears despise my tongue for ever,
   Which shall possess them with the heaviest sound
   That ever yet they heard. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Despise

   Despise (adjective form: despicable) means to regard with contempt or scorn.

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1. despise

   Despise is a verb that means to strongly dislike someone or something, often accompanied by feelings of contempt, disgust, or absolute disapproval. It implies a deep lack of respect, admiration, or esteem for the object of despise.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Despiseverb

   to look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Despise

   de-spīz′, v.t. to look down upon with contempt: to scorn.—adj. Despis′able.—ns. Despī′sal, contempt; Despis′edness (Milt.); Despis′er. [O. Fr. despiz, despire—L. despicĕre—de, down, specĕre, to look.]

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1. pedesis

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DESPISE in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DESPISE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of DESPISE in a Sentence

1. Georges Bernanos:

   I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don't despise it. But it can't quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.

2. Louisa May Alcott:

   Young men often laugh at the sensible girls whom they secretly respect, and affect to admire the silly ones whom they secretly despise, because earnestness, intelligence, and womanly dignity are not the fashion.

3. Quentin Crisp:

   To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.

4. Jeanne-Marie Roland:

   It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

5. Ronna McDaniel:

   You probably noticed Democrats spent a lot of time talking about how much they despise our President. But we heard very little about their actual policies, policies that would have been unthinkable a decade ago.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DESPISE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Despise
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DESPISE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despise
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DESPISE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=DESPISE