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Showing words for DESPISE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Despise

despise, pedesis

6 Letter Words for Despise

deesis, dieses, espied, espies, pissed, seised, sepsid, speeds, speise

5 Letter Words for Despise

deeps, deess, desse, essed, pedes, sedes, seeds, seeps, seise, sides, siped, sipes, speed, spide, spied, spies, spise

4 Letter Words for Despise

deep, dees, deis, depe, desi, dess, dies, dips, disp, eide, eses, esse, idee, ides, ipse, ised, peds, peed, pees, pess, pied, pies, pise, piss, psid, psis, seed, seep, sees, seis, sepd, seps, sese, side, sids, sipe, sips, sise, sped, spie, ssed

3 Letter Words for Despise

dee, dei, dep, des, die, dip, dis, dpi, dsp, edp, eds, epi, esd, ese, esp, ess, ide, idp, ids, ips, ise, ped, pee, pes, pid, pie, pis, psi, sds, sed, see, sei, sep, sie, sip, sis, sps, sse, ssp

Definitions for Despise

[1] to regard with contempt, distaste, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loathe.
[2] (tr) to look down on with contempt; scorn he despises flattery

Words related to Despise

revile, disdain, repudiate, reject, neglect, undervalue, scorn, detest, deride, snub, eschew, shun, hate, abhor, loathe, abominate, spurn, execrate, renounce, slight

Words nearby Despise

despenser, desperado, desperate, desperation, despicable, despise, despite, despiteful, despiteous, despoil, despoliation

Origin of Despise

1250–1300; Middle English despisen < Old French despis-, stem of despire < Latin dēspicere; see despicable

Other words from Despise

de·spis·a·ble , adjective
de·spis·a·ble·ness , noun
de·spis·er , noun
de·spis·ing·ly , adverb
un·de·spised , adjective
un·de·spis·ing , adjective

Word origin for Despise

C13: from Old French despire, from Latin dēspicere to look down, from de- + specere to look

Synonyms for Despise

abhor, deride, detest, disdain, eschew, hate, loathe, neglect, reject, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, snub, undervalue, abominate, contemn, disregard, execrate, flout, renounce, slight, spurn, allergic to, feel contempt for, have no use for, look down nose at, misprize, put down, wipe out