verachten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abominate verb To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
- despise verb To feel strong contempt or scorn for someone or something.
- scorn verb To feel or show strong contempt for someone or something.
- vilipend verb To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
Senses
verachten is used for these senses in English:
- abominate (transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread. [First attested in the mid 17th century.]
- despise To regard with contempt or scorn.
- scorn (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- vilipend (transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
abominate — full definition
- verb To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
- verb To dislike strongly.