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1. contemn, despise, scorn, disdain(verb)

   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"

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1. despise(Verb)

   To regard with contempt or scorn.

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

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1. Despise(verb)

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

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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.]

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Aesop:

   It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

2. Publilius Syrus:

   It is only the ignorant who despise education.

3. Frank Herbert:

   What do you despise By this are you truly known.

4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   The big fire has no right to despise the little spark!

5. Mary Wortley Montagu:

   I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

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