I utterly despise formal writing!
Source: tatoeba (1470)
Despise
//dɪˈspaɪz//
Synonyms for "despise" (127 found)
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Translations
77 translations across 41 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- verag verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- καταφρονέω verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- φαυλίζω verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- ἐξουθενέω verb (to disregard or ignore)
Arabic
2 entries- أَهَانَ verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- اِحْتَقَرَ verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Belarusian
1 entries- пагарджа́ць verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Bulgarian
1 entries- прези́рам verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Catalan
1 entries- menysprear verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 蔑視 /蔑视 verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- 藐視 /藐视 verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- 輕視 /轻视 verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- 鄙夷 verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Czech
3 entries- dívat se spatra verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- opovrhovat verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- pohrdat verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Dalmatian
1 entries- despreziur verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Danish
1 entries- foragte verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Dutch
1 entries- verachten verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Esperanto
2 entries- abomeni verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- disdegni, malestimi verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Finnish
2 entries- halveksia verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- halveksua verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
French
2 entries- dédaigner verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- mépriser verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Galician
1 entries- desprezar verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
German
1 entries- verachten verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Hindi
1 entries- उपेक्षा करना verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Hungarian
2 entries- lenéz verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- megvet verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Irish
2 entries- drochmheas a bheith agat verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- fuath a bheith agat verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Italian
1 entries- disprezzare verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Japanese
4 entries- 嫌悪する verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- 蔑む verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- 見下す verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- 軽蔑する verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Korean
2 entries- 경멸하다 verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- 멸시하다 verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Latin
2 entries- contemnō verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- dēspiciō verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- mepriséieren verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- veruechten verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Māori
4 entries- whakahāwea verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- whakakurīmōri verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- whakamanumanu verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- whakaparahako verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Old English
1 entries- forsēon verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Old Irish
1 entries- do·meiccethar verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Persian
1 entries- خوار شمردن verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Polish
2 entries- gardzić verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- pogardzać verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Portuguese
1 entries- desprezar verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Romanian
1 entries- disprețui verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Russian
3 entries- презира́ть verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- презре́ть verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- пренебрегать verb (to disregard or ignore)
Slovak
2 entries- opovrhovať verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- pohŕdať verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Spanish
3 entries- desatender verb (to disregard or ignore)
- desoír verb (to disregard or ignore)
- despreciar verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Swahili
1 entries- dharau verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Swedish
1 entries- förakta verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Tamil
2 entries- இகழ் verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- வெறு verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Turkish
3 entries- aşağılamak verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- hor görmek verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- küçümsemek verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Ukrainian
2 entries- знева́жити verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- зневажа́ти verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Volapük
1 entries- nestümön verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Yiddish
2 entries- פֿאַראַכטן verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
- פֿײַנט האָבן verb (to regard with contempt or scorn)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
The rich sometimes despise the poor.
Source: tatoeba (18516)
You should not despise a man because he is poorly paid.
Source: tatoeba (19534)
The learned are apt to despise the ignorant.
Source: tatoeba (21655)
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