| VERB | emotion | despise, contemn, scorn, disdain | look down on with disdain |
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| Sounds | dihspay'z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | Look down on with disdain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot despise Sue | |
| Example | "He despises the people he has to work for" | |
| Synonyms | contemn, scorn, disdain | |
| Narrower | look down on | Regard with contempt |
| Broader | hate, detest | dislike intensely |
| Spanish | desdeñar, despreciar, menospreciar | |
| Catalan | desdenyar, menysprear, odiar | |
| Nouns | despisal, despising | a feeling of scornful hatred |
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