"despise" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈspaɪz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-despise.ogg [US] Forms: despises [present, singular, third-person], despising [participle, present], despised [participle, past], despised [past]
Rhymes: -aɪz Etymology: From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin dēspicere, present active infinitive of dēspiciō (“I look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + speciō (“I look at”). Displaced native Old English forsēon. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*speḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|despisen}} Middle English despisen, {{der|en|fro|despis-}} Old French despis-, {{m|fro|despire}} despire, {{der|en|la|dēspicere}} Latin dēspicere, {{m|la|dēspiciō||I look down upon, despise, scorn}} dēspiciō (“I look down upon, despise, scorn”), {{m|la|dē||down}} dē (“down”), {{m|la|speciō||I look at}} speciō (“I look at”), {{ncog|ang|forsēon}} Old English forsēon Head templates: {{en-verb}} despise (third-person singular simple present despises, present participle despising, simple past and past participle despised)
  1. To regard with contempt or scorn. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (to regard with contempt or scorn): verag (Afrikaans), φαυλίζω (phaulízō) (Ancient Greek), καταφρονέω (kataphronéō) (Ancient Greek), اِحْتَقَرَ (iḥtaqara) (Arabic), أَهَانَ (ʔahāna) (Arabic), пагарджа́ць (pahardžácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), презира́м (prezirám) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), menysprear (Catalan), 鄙薄 (bǐbó) (Chinese Mandarin), 鄙夷 (bǐyí) (Chinese Mandarin), 蔑視 (Chinese Mandarin), 蔑视 (mièshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 藐視 (Chinese Mandarin), 藐视 (miǎoshì) (Chinese Mandarin), 輕視 (Chinese Mandarin), 轻视 (qīngshì) (Chinese Mandarin), pohrdat [imperfective] (Czech), opovrhovat [imperfective] (Czech), despreziur (Dalmatian), foragte (Danish), verachten (Dutch), abomeni (Esperanto), halveksia (Finnish), halveksua (Finnish), mépriser (French), dédaigner (French), desprezar (Galician), verachten (German), उपेक्षा करना (upekṣā karnā) (Hindi), lenéz (Hungarian), megvet (Hungarian), fuath a bheith agat (Irish), drochmheas a bheith agat (Irish), disprezzare (Italian), 蔑む (sagesumu) (Japanese), 見下す (mikudasu) (Japanese), 軽蔑する (keibetsu suru) (Japanese), 嫌悪する (ken'o suru) (Japanese), 경멸하다 (gyeongmyeol-hada) (Korean), 멸시하다 (myeolsi-hada) (Korean), despiciō (Latin), contemnō (Latin), veruechten (Luxembourgish), mepriséieren (Luxembourgish), whakahāwea (Maori), whakatakao (Maori), whakaparahako (Maori), whakakurīmōri (Maori), whakamanumanu (Maori), whakareko (Maori), forsēon (Old English), do·meiccethar (Old Irish), خوار شمردن (xwâr šemordan) (english: bookish) (Persian), gardzić [imperfective] (Polish), pogardzać [imperfective] (Polish), desprezar (Portuguese), презира́ть (prezirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), презре́ть (prezrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), pohŕdať [imperfective] (Slovak), opovrhovať [imperfective] (Slovak), desdeñar (Spanish), dharau (Swahili), förakta (Swedish), hor görmek (Turkish), aşağılamak (Turkish), küçümsemek (Turkish), зневажа́ти (znevažáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), знева́жити (znevážyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), nestümön (Volapük), פֿײַנט האָבן (faynt hobn) (Yiddish), פֿאַראַכטן (farakhtn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-despise-en-verb-EB9GDsu4 Disambiguation of Emotions: 97 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'to regard with contempt or scorn': 98 2
  2. To disregard or ignore. Translations (to disregard or ignore): ἐξουθενέω (exouthenéō) (Ancient Greek)
    Sense id: en-despise-en-verb-CC6yRghA Disambiguation of 'to disregard or ignore': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: contemn, disdain, scorn, dispise [obsolete], despect [archaic], disrespect, despise, spurn Hyponyms: deride Derived forms: despisal, despicable Related terms: despect, despection, vilipend, contempt, hate, bah

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          "tags": [
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          "word": "menysprear"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǐbó",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǐyí",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "蔑視"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mièshì",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "蔑视"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "藐視"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "miǎoshì",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "藐视"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "輕視"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qīngshì",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "pohrdat"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "opovrhovat"
        },
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          "code": "dlm",
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "despreziur"
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          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "verachten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "abomeni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "halveksia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "halveksua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "mépriser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "dédaigner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "desprezar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "verachten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "phaulízō",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "φαυλίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kataphronéō",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "καταφρονέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "upekṣā karnā",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "उपेक्षा करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "lenéz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "megvet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "fuath a bheith agat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "drochmheas a bheith agat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sga",
          "lang": "Old Irish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "do·meiccethar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "disprezzare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sagesumu",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "蔑む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mikudasu",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "見下す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "keibetsu suru",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "軽蔑する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ken'o suru",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "嫌悪する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gyeongmyeol-hada",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "경멸하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "myeolsi-hada",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "멸시하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "despiciō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "contemnō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "veruechten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "mepriséieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "whakahāwea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "whakatakao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "whakaparahako"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "whakakurīmōri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "whakamanumanu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "whakareko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "forsēon"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fa",
          "english": "bookish",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xwâr šemordan",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "خوار شمردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "gardzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pogardzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "desprezar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prezirátʹ",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "презира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prezrétʹ",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "презре́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "pohŕdať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "opovrhovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "desdeñar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "dharau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "förakta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "hor görmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "aşağılamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "küçümsemek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "znevažáty",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "зневажа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "znevážyty",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "знева́жити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "nestümön"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "faynt hobn",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "פֿײַנט האָבן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "farakhtn",
          "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
          "word": "פֿאַראַכטן"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To disregard or ignore."
      ],
      "id": "en-despise-en-verb-CC6yRghA",
      "links": [
        [
          "disregard",
          "disregard"
        ],
        [
          "ignore",
          "ignore"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "exouthenéō",
          "sense": "to disregard or ignore",
          "word": "ἐξουθενέω"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈspaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪz"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-despise.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-us-despise.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "contemn"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "disdain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "scorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "dispise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "despect"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "disrespect"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "despise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "spurn"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "admire"
    },
    {
      "word": "cherish"
    },
    {
      "word": "honor"
    },
    {
      "word": "respect"
    },
    {
      "word": "treasure"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "appreciate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "esteem"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "revere"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "value"
    }
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English stative verbs",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *speḱ-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪz",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪz/2 syllables",
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "despisal"
    },
    {
      "word": "despicable"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*speḱ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "despisen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English despisen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "despis-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "despire"
      },
      "expansion": "despire",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēspicere"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēspicere",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dēspiciō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I look down upon, despise, scorn"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dē",
        "3": "",
        "4": "down"
      },
      "expansion": "dē (“down”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "speciō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I look at"
      },
      "expansion": "speciō (“I look at”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "forsēon"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English forsēon",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
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    {
      "form": "despises",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "despising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "despised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "despised",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "despise (third-person singular simple present despises, present participle despising, simple past and past participle despised)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "deride"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "despect"
    },
    {
      "word": "despection"
    },
    {
      "word": "vilipend"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "contempt"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "hate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "bah"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "James still despises his brother for the time he pushed him out of a tree during their childhood.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To regard with contempt or scorn."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contempt",
          "contempt"
        ],
        [
          "scorn",
          "scorn"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To disregard or ignore."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disregard",
          "disregard"
        ],
        [
          "ignore",
          "ignore"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈspaɪz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪz"
    },
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        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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  ],
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    {
      "word": "contemn"
    },
    {
      "word": "disdain"
    },
    {
      "word": "scorn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "dispise"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "despect"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "disrespect"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "despise"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:despise",
      "word": "spurn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "verag"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "iḥtaqara",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "اِحْتَقَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔahāna",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "أَهَانَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pahardžácʹ",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пагарджа́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prezirám",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "презира́м"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "menysprear"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐbó",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "鄙薄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǐyí",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "鄙夷"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "蔑視"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mièshì",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "蔑视"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "藐視"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miǎoshì",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "藐视"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "輕視"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīngshì",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "轻视"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pohrdat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opovrhovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "despreziur"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "foragte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "verachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "abomeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "halveksia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "halveksua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "mépriser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "dédaigner"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "desprezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "verachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phaulízō",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "φαυλίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kataphronéō",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "καταφρονέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "upekṣā karnā",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "उपेक्षा करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "lenéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "megvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "fuath a bheith agat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "drochmheas a bheith agat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "do·meiccethar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "disprezzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sagesumu",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "蔑む"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mikudasu",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "見下す"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keibetsu suru",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "軽蔑する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ken'o suru",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "嫌悪する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gyeongmyeol-hada",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "경멸하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "myeolsi-hada",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "멸시하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "despiciō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "contemnō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "veruechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "mepriséieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "whakahāwea"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "whakatakao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "whakaparahako"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "whakakurīmōri"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "whakamanumanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "whakareko"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "forsēon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "english": "bookish",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xwâr šemordan",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "خوار شمردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "gardzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pogardzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "desprezar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prezirátʹ",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "презира́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prezrétʹ",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "презре́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "pohŕdať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "opovrhovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "desdeñar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "dharau"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "förakta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "hor görmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "aşağılamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "küçümsemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znevažáty",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "зневажа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znevážyty",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "знева́жити"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "nestümön"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "faynt hobn",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "פֿײַנט האָבן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "farakhtn",
      "sense": "to regard with contempt or scorn",
      "word": "פֿאַראַכטן"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "exouthenéō",
      "sense": "to disregard or ignore",
      "word": "ἐξουθενέω"
    }
  ],
  "word": "despise"
}

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