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despised

despised is the simple past and past participle of despise.

Meaning of despise

Verb

despise (third-person singular simple present despises, present participle despising, simple past and past participle despised)

  1. To regard with contempt or scorn.
    • Near-synonym: hate
    Synonyms:
    contemn, disdain, scorn, hate
  2. To disregard or ignore.

Adjective

despised (comparative more despised, superlative most despised)

  1. Hated; viewed with scorn.
    • The dictator's cruelty made him the most despised person in the region.

Antonyms of despised

Forms of despised

comparativemore despised
superlativemost despised

Words formed from despised

Questions about despised

What does despised mean?
Despised means hated; viewed with scorn.
What is despised the simple past and past participle of?
Despised is the simple past and past participle of despise.
What part of speech is despised?
Despised is an adjective.

Words near despised in the dictionary

  1. despisable
  2. despisableness
  3. despisal
  4. despisals
  5. despise
  6. despised
  7. despisedness
  8. despisement
  9. despisements
  10. despiser
  11. despisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: despised (page history and authors); despise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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