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misprize

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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: detract
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take away a part; lessen

Synonyms:

backbite, belittle, blister, cheapen, cut rate, decrease, decry, depreciate, derogate, devaluate, diminish, discount, discredit, disesteem, draw away, knock*, laugh at, lower, minimize, misprize, reduce, subtract from, underrate, undervalue, vilipend, withdraw, write off

Antonyms:

add to, increase, optimize
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
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