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DESPISING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of scornful hatred

Synonyms:

despisal; despising

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("despising" is a kind of...):

hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)

Derivation:

despise (look down on with disdain)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb despise

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