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despise

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Main Entry: despise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look down on

Synonyms:

abhor, abominate, allergic to, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, feel contempt for, flout, hate, have no use for, loathe, look down nose at, misprize, neglect, put down*, reject, renounce, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, slight, snub, spurn, undervalue, wipe out
Notes: one would tend to detest someone for behavior, despise someone for character
hate means to 'dislike intensely, loathe' and despise means 'look down on contemptuously'

Antonyms:

admire, appreciate, cherish, like, love
Main Entry: abhor
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: regard with contempt or disgust

Synonyms:

abominate, be allergic to, be down on, be grossed out by, despise, detest, hate, have no use for, loathe, scorn

Antonyms:

admire, adore, approve, cherish, desire, enjoy, like, love, relish
Main Entry: abominate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: detest

Synonyms:

abhor, despise, dislike, hate, loathe
Main Entry: defy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: challenge, frustrate

Synonyms:

baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, fly in face of, foil, front, gibe, hang tough, hurl defiance at, ignore, insult, make my day, mock, oppose, outdare, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick fast, stick*, take one on, thwart, venture, violate, withstand

Antonyms:

give in, obey, surrender, yield
Main Entry: demean
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: humble, humiliate

Synonyms:

abase, bad-mouth, belittle, bemean, cast down, contemn, cut down to size, cut rate, debase, decry, degrade, derogate, descend, despise, detract, dis, disparage, dump on, knock down, lower, pan, poor-mouth, scorn, sink, stoop

Antonyms:

boost, enhance, improve, upgrade
Main Entry: detest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hate; feel disgust toward

Synonyms:

abhor, abominate, be allergic to, despise, dislike intensely, down on, execrate, feel aversion toward, feel hostility toward, feel repugnance toward, have no use for, loathe, recoil from, reject, repudiate
Notes: one would tend to detest someone for behavior, despise someone for character

Antonyms:

adore, cherish, like, love, prize, respect
Main Entry: disdain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: scorn

Synonyms:

abhor, be allergic to, belittle, chill, contemn, deride, despise, disregard, hate, ignore, look down nose at, look down on, misprize, pooh-pooh, put down*, refuse, reject, scout, slight, sneer at, spurn, undervalue

Antonyms:

admire, approve, esteem, favor, praise, respect
Main Entry: dislike
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be antagonistic toward something; hate

Synonyms:

abhor, abominate, antipathize, avoid, be allergic to, be averse to, be turned off to, bear malice toward, condemn, contemn, deplore, despise, detest, disapprove, disesteem, disfavor, disrelish, eschew, execrate, grossed out on, have hard feelings, have no stomach for, have no taste for, loathe, look down on, lose interest in, make faces at, mind, not appreciate, not care for, not endure, not feel like, not take kindly to, object to, regret, resent, scorn, shudder at, shun

Antonyms:

approve, like, love
Main Entry: dismiss
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put out of one's mind

Synonyms:

banish, contemn, deride, despise, discard, disdain, dispel, disregard, drop, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, kiss off, laugh away, lay aside, mock, pooh-pooh, rally, reject, relegate, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scout, set aside, shelve, spurn, taunt, twit

Antonyms:

accept, welcome
Main Entry: disregard
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ignore; make light of

Synonyms:

blink at, brush aside, brush away, brush off, cold-shoulder, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disobey, disparage, fail, forget, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, pooh-pooh, scorn, shut eyes to, slight, snub, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, vilipend, wink at

Antonyms:

attend, esteem, note, pay attention, regard, respect
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