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Social behavior > Behavior > Admire someone > Despise someone

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4.3.2.1Despise someone  

Definition

  • Use this domain for words related to despising someone--to feel bad about someone because you think they are not as good as you.

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  • What words refer to despising someone? despise, disdain, disregard, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scoff, scorn, shun, slight, sneer at, snub, spurn, be contemptuous of, hold in contempt, feel contempt for, feel superior, think someone is worthless, think poorly of, feel superior to, look down on, spit on, be cliquish, turn up your nose at. What words describe someone who despises someone? contemptuous, disdainful, disrespectful, haughty, scornful, snobbish, superior. What words refer to a person who despises someone? scoffer. What words refer to the feeling of despising someone? contempt, disdain, disregard, disrespect, hate, irreverence. What words refer to something you do that shows you despise someone? rebuff (n), slight (n), snub (n). What words describe something someone does to show they despise someone? withering (look), derisive (laugh). What words describe someone who is despised? contemptible, despicable, pitiable, pitiful, despised.

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  • 4.3.2.1

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https://w3id.org/MoRe-SFB1475/CT/concepts/3906965994

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