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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: despise (0.01850 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to despise.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: despise
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: despise
despise
v : look down on with disdain;
“He despises the people he has to
work for”;
“The professor scorns the students who don't
catch on immediately” [syn:
contemn,
scorn,
disdain]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Despise
Despise
\De*spise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Despised; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Despising.] [OF. despis-, in some forms of despire
to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon,
despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See
Spy, and cf.
Despicable,
Despite.]
To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to
scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous
dislike of.
[1913 Webster]
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. --Prov. i. 7.
[1913 Webster]
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect
those who do not give way to them. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
Syn: To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See
Contemn.
[1913 Webster]
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