презира́ть — meaning in English
prezirat
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English meaning
- contemn verb To look down on someone or something as worthless.
- despise verb To feel strong contempt or scorn for someone or something.
- disdain noun A feeling of contempt or scorn toward someone or something seen as beneath you.
- scorn verb To feel or show strong contempt for someone or something.
- vilipend verb To regard someone or something as unimportant or worthless.
Senses
презира́ть 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.
- disdain (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- 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.
- vilipend (transitive, dated, formal) To treat (something) as inconsequential or worthless; to despise, to look down on.
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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