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English verb: despise | |||
| 1. | despise (emotion) look down on with disdain | ||
| Samples | He despises the people he has to work for. The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot despise Sue | ||
| Synonyms | contemn, disdain, scorn | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | detest, hate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | look down on | ||
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