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despising

Meanings

  • hatred or strong aversion towards someone or something

    - "She despised her boss for his unjust behaviour."
    - "He despised snakes since childhood due to a traumatic experience."
Antonyms

admire , cherish , honor , respect , treasure
Synonyms

contemn , disdain , scorn
Rhymes
Words rhyming with despising
hating , pating , fating , gating , lating , nating , rating , stating , waiting , weighing , mating , dating , grating , slating , shating , hatingly , loathingly , abhorring , detesting , execrating , hatingly loathing , intolerating , malevolently detesting , misanthropically detesting , odiumming , passionately hating , pathologically hating , persistently hating , profoundly hating , rabidly hating , relentlessly hating , violently hating , zealously hating
Homophones
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  1. despite

  2. despicable

  3. despicably

  4. despicableness

Variants
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despise , despised , despisement , despisements , despiser , despisers , despises , despising
Forms
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Despising is an intransitive verb meaning 'to hate or strongly dislike'. It is often used in the present tense, as in 'I despise snakes' or 'He despises public speaking'. Despising can also be used in the past tense, as in 'I despised her when she lied to me' or 'He despised the idea of giving up his freedom'. Despising can also be used in the present participle form, as in 'Despising public speaking is one of his greatest fears' or 'She enjoys despising those who are rude and inconsiderate'. Despising can also be used in the past participle form, as in 'The despised and downtrodden often find solace in each other's company' or 'He was a despised and hated figure in his community'.

Etymology
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Old French despit, from dis-, dis- + espiter, to spit at, from espe, a spit, a pole.

Related Concepts
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  1. hatred: A strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something. Hatred is often considered to be a destructive and negative emotion that can lead to harmful actions towards oneself or others.

  2. aversion: A feeling of dislike or distaste towards someone or something. Aversion is often considered to be a less intense but still negative emotion compared to hatred. Aversion can lead to avoidance behaviors, such as avoiding certain people, places, or situations that elicit the feeling of aversion.

  3. contempt: A feeling of strong disrespect or disdain towards someone or something. Contempt is often considered to be a more intense and negative emotion compared to aversion or hatred. Contempt can lead to harmful actions towards oneself or others, such as insulting, ridiculing, or belittling someone, or deliberately acting in a disrespectful or disdainful manner towards someone or something.

  4. loathing: A feeling of extreme dislike or hate towards someone or something. Loathing is often considered to be a more intense and negative emotion compared to aversion or hatred. Loathing can lead to harmful actions towards oneself or others, such as avoiding someone or something at all costs, or deliberately acting in a disrespectful or disdainful manner towards someone or something that is perceived as deserving of loathing.

Quotes
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  1. He and Julie grooved to Cuban son and jazz on NPR and loved arty films, for instance; and they distrusted big business and "despised" tract houses, malls, and other aesthetically unpleasing byproducts of a consumer society.

    - Brian C. Anderson,{it}National Review{/it},13 Mar. 2006
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["Despising has been used as a theme in various art forms. In literature, it has been depicted as a powerful emotion that drives characters to take extreme actions. In music, it has been expressed through genres such as heavy metal and punk rock, which often explore themes of anger, rebellion, and hatred. In visual arts, it has been depicted through various mediums such as painting, sculpture, and photography. In each of these art forms, despising has been used as a powerful emotional catalyst that drives the creative expression of the artist."]

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