Synonyms for despise
dɪˈspaɪzde·spise

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1. despiseverb

   Synonyms:
   scorn

   Antonyms:
   revere, respect

2. despiseverb

   To regard with contempt or scorn.

   Synonyms:
   scorn

   Antonyms:
   respect, revere

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1. despise

   Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful." Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.

   Synonyms:
   abhor, abominate, detest, dislike, hate, loathe, nauseate, scorn, shun

   Antonyms:
   admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish

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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"

   Synonyms:
   contemn, spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, turn down, scorn, freeze off, disdain

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1. despiseverb

   Synonyms:
   contemn, scorn, spurn, disdain, scout, slight, disregard, hold in contempt, look down upon

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1. despiseverb

   Synonyms:
   contemn, disdain

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1. List of paraphrases for "despise":

   hate, despised, scorn

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1. Ben Azai, Mishna:

   Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything; for there is no man who has not his hour, nor is there anything that has not its place.

2. Jeanne-Marie Roland:

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

3. Becky Lynch:

   To see where we came from to where we are now … and the hatred there, you know the hatred going out there and it’s just so sad., that’s somebody who I loved so much who I trusted with my life. We’ve been through everything together. We nearly died in a car crash together and just how much we despise each other now … I just wanted to rip her apart out there.

4. John Fowles, The Magus:

   I was too green to know that all cynicism masks a failure to cope -- an impotence, in short; and that to despise all effort is the greatest effort of all.

5. Seth Rogen:

   What I can say is that I despise abuse and harassment, and I would never cover or conceal the actions of someone doing it, or knowingly put someone in a situation where they were around someone like that.