|  despise 
  
 
 look down on with disdain (Freq. 8)
 - He despises the people he has to work for
 - The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
 • Syn:
 contemn, scorn, disdain
 • Derivationally related forms:
 disdain (for: disdain), scorn (for: scorn), scorner (for: scorn), despising, despisal
 • Hypernyms:
 hate, detest
 • Hyponyms:
 look down on
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - Sam cannot despise Sue
 
 
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