despise

Verb

Verb Forms: despised, despising, despises

To feel contempt or a deep aversion for.
look down on with disdain
- "He despises the people he has to work for"
To regard with contempt or scorn.
To disregard or ignore.

Examples

He would DESPISE any strategy that involved blocking open triple-word scores.
James still despises his brother for the time he pushed him out of a tree during their childhood.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

contemn, disdain, scorn, contemn#Verb, despect, despise, disdain#Verb, disrespect, scorn#Verb, spurn

Antonyms

admire, admire#Verb, appreciate, cherish, cherish#Verb, esteem, honor#Verb, respect, respect#Verb, revere, treasure, treasure#Verb, value

Scrabble Score: 10

despise: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
despise: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
despise: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

despise: valid Words With Friends Word