despised

Variant of despise

transitive verb despised, despising

  1. to look down on with contempt and scorn
  2. to regard with dislike or repugnance

Origin: ME despisen < OFr despis-, stem of despirer < L despicere, to look down upon, despise < de, down, from + specere, to look at: see spectacle

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