despise
US: /dɪˈspaɪz/
UK: /dɪspˈaɪz/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
despise /dis'paiz/- ngoại động từ
- xem thường, coi khinh, khinh miệt
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb[VN] (not used in the progressive tenses) to dislike and have no respect for sb/sth: She despised gossip in any form. + He despised himself for being so cowardly.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
disdain, scorn, look down on or upon, be contemptuous of, sneer at, spurn, contemn; hate, loathe, detest, abhor:
She despised her servants and treated them badly. He despised anyone who had not been to university.
Collocation
ADV.
thoroughly | clearly | secretly
He secretly despised his father.
| openly
PREP.
for
She thoroughly despised him for his weakness.
Concise dictionary
despises|despised|despisingdɪ'spaɪzverb
+look down on with disdain
