despise
Regard with contempt
To despise is to regard with contempt or deep dislike—stronger than dislike, more visceral than disapprove.
You despise things you find beneath you or morally repugnant: She despised his cowardice, He despised everything the regime stood for.
The word implies looking down on someone or something as worthless or vile.
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- hatredIntense hostile aversion
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
detestation · disgust · antipathy · animosity · aversion · repugnance · hostility · malice
Declare wrong or guilty
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
reprimand · castigate · chastise · decry · deplore · abominate · disapprove · object
disdain
Scornful disregard
abhorrence · detestation · disgust · antipathy · animosity · aversion · repugnance · hostility · malice · resentment
condemn
Declare wrong or guilty
- denouncePublicly declare wrongdoing
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
rebuke · reprimand · castigate · chastise · decry · deplore · abominate · disapprove · object · opprobrium
scoff
Mock with disdain
mock · jeer · taunt · belittle · disparage · denigrate · look down on · condescend · scorn · gibe
spurn
Refuse with contempt
rebuff · dismiss · disown · renounce · ostracize · cold-shoulder · turn away · cast out · exclude · forsake
- contemptcontempt, scorn, disdain, derision, sneer
- Dislikeshate, loathe, detest, abhor, dislike
- hatredhate, hateful, abhor, abhorrence, detest
- negative verbsdeny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- disgustdisgust, disgusting, disgusted, revulsion, repulsion
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