Despised

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Fools despise wisdom and instruction.    --Prov. i. 7.
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           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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  despised
       adj : treated with contempt [syn: {detested}, {hated}, {scorned}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "despised":
     contemned, declined, declined with thanks, denied, disapproved,
     discarded, discounted, disdained, disliked, dismissed, disowned,
     excepted, excluded, forsworn, ignored, lowly, misprized,
     misunderstood, not considered, out of favor, rebuffed, refused,
     rejected, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, scouted, spurned,
     thankless, unappreciated, uncared-for, unlamented, unmissed,
     unmourned, unpopular, unregretted, unsung, unvalued