despise
verb
[ dɪˈspʌɪz ]
• feel contempt or a deep repugnance for.
• "he despised himself for being selfish"
Similar:
detest,
hate,
loathe,
abhor,
abominate,
execrate,
regard with contempt,
feel contempt for,
shrink from,
be repelled by,
find intolerable,
deplore,
dislike,
scorn,
disdain,
slight,
look down on,
pour/heap scorn on,
deride,
scoff at,
jeer at,
sneer at,
mock,
revile,
spurn,
shun,
contemn,
disrelish,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French despire, from Latin despicere, from de- ‘down’ + specere ‘look at’.
