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All despise synonyms

de·spise
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verb despise

  • revile — to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
  • disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
  • repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • undervalue — to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
  • scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
  • detest — If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much.
  • deride — If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
  • snub — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
  • shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
  • abhor — If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons.
  • loathe — to feel disgust or intense aversion for; abhor: I loathe people who spread malicious gossip.
  • abominate — to dislike intensely; loathe; detest
  • spurn — to reject with disdain; scorn.
  • renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
  • contemn — to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
  • disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
  • flout — to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
  • put down — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
  • wipe out — an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
  • have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
  • misprize — to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.
  • look down on — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
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