despise

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From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin dēspicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + speciō (“to look at”). Displaced native Old English forsēon.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verag — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Arabic: اِحْتَقَرَ (iḥtaqara) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Arabic: أَهَانَ (ʔahāna) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Belarusian: пагарджа́ць (pahardžácʹ) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Bulgarian: прези́рам (prezíram) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Catalan: menysprear — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Chinese Mandarin: 鄙薄 (bǐbó) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Chinese Mandarin: 鄙夷 (bǐyí) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Chinese Mandarin: 蔑視 /蔑视 (mièshì) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Chinese Mandarin: 藐視 /藐视 (miǎoshì) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕視 /轻视 (qīngshì) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Czech: pohrdat — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Czech: opovrhovat — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Czech: dívat se spatra — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Dalmatian: despreziur — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Danish: foragte — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Dutch: verachten — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Esperanto: abomeni — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Esperanto: disdegni, malestimi — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Finnish: halveksia — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Finnish: halveksua — to regard with contempt or scorn
• French: mépriser — to regard with contempt or scorn
• French: dédaigner — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Galician: desprezar — to regard with contempt or scorn
• German: verachten — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Ancient Greek: φαυλίζω (phaulízō) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Ancient Greek: καταφρονέω (kataphronéō) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Hindi: उपेक्षा करना (upekṣā karnā) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Hungarian: lenéz — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Hungarian: megvet — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Irish: fuath a bheith agat — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Irish: drochmheas a bheith agat — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Old Irish: do·meiccethar — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Italian: disprezzare — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Japanese: 蔑む (sagesumu) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Japanese: 見下す (mikudasu) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Japanese: 軽蔑する (keibetsu suru) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Japanese: 嫌悪する (ken'o suru) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Korean: 경멸하다 (gyeongmyeol-hada) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Korean: 멸시하다 (myeolsi-hada) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Latin: dēspiciō — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Latin: contemnō — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Luxembourgish: veruechten — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Luxembourgish: mepriséieren — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Māori: whakahāwea — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Māori: whakatakao — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Māori: whakaparahako — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Māori: whakakurīmōri — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Māori: whakamanumanu — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Māori: whakareko — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Old English: forsēon — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Persian: خوار شمردن (xwâr šemordan) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Polish: gardzić — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Polish: pogardzać — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Portuguese: desprezar — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Romanian: disprețui — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Russian: презира́ть (prezirátʹ) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Russian: презре́ть (prezrétʹ) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Slovak: pohŕdať — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Slovak: opovrhovať — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Spanish: despreciar — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Swahili: dharau — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Swedish: förakta — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Tamil: இகழ் (ikaḻ) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Tamil: வெறு (veṟu) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Turkish: hor görmek — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Turkish: aşağılamak — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Turkish: küçümsemek — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Ukrainian: зневажа́ти (znevažáty) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Ukrainian: знева́жити (znevážyty) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Volapük: nestümön — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Yiddish: פֿײַנט האָבן (faynt hobn) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Yiddish: פֿאַראַכטן (farakhtn) — to regard with contempt or scorn
• Ancient Greek: ἐξουθενέω (exouthenéō) — to disregard or ignore
• Russian: пренебрегать (prenebregatʹ) — to disregard or ignore
• Spanish: desatender — to disregard or ignore
• Spanish: desoír — to disregard or ignore