mépriser — meaning in English
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English meaning
- contemn verb To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- despise verb To feel strong contempt or scorn for someone or something.
- detest verb To hate something or someone intensely.
- disdain noun A feeling of contempt or scorn toward someone or something seen as beneath you.
- disregard verb To deliberately ignore or pay no attention to something.
- flout verb To express contempt for (laws, rules, etc.) by word or action.
- 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
mépriser is used for these senses in English:
- contemn (transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- despise To regard with contempt or scorn.
- detest (transitive) To dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
- disdain (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- disregard (transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.
- flout (transitive, archaic) To scorn.
- look down on (transitive, idiom) To regard or treat as inferior.
- scorn (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
contemn — full definition
- verb To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- verb To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).