despise
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- //dɪˈspaɪz//
To regard with contempt or scorn.
verbo
- 1
To regard with contempt or scorn.
Near-synonym: hate
Katie despised video games because she saw them as a trashy, boring waste of time.
James still despises his brother for the time he pushed him out of a tree during their childhood.
- 2
To disregard or ignore.
Etimologia
From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin dēspicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + speciō (“to look at”). Displaced native Old English forsēon.
Forme
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- despised
- participio passato
- despised
- participio presente
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- 3ª persona singolare
- despises
desperately · In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety;…desperation · The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of…despicable · Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
despise · To regard with contempt or scorn.
despised · Hated; viewed with scorn.despite · In spite of, notwithstanding.dessert · The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet…