disprezzare — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
disprezzare 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.
- give a bad name To cause people to lose respect, reverence or esteem for something or someone.
- scorn (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- scorn (transitive) To reject, turn down.
- slight (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.
contemn — full definition
- verb To look down on someone or something as worthless.
- verb (law) To break a court order or ignore a judge's authority.
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