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Disesteem

verb
(past & past part. disesteemed; pres. part. disesteeming)
1.
Have little or no respect for; hold in contempt.  Synonym: disrespect.






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"Disesteem" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Sectaries, and in a "World of Disesteem": Story of Mrs. Attaway—Samuel Hantlib, John Durie, and John Amos Comenius: Schemes of a Reformed Education, and Project of a London University—Milton's Tract on Education, and Method with his ...
— The Life of John Milton Vol. 3 1643-1649 • David Masson

... Dickory," said Captain Bonnet, speaking gravely. "That great pirate is not a man of breeding, and he speaks with disesteem alike of friend and enemy, but he is the famous Blackbeard, and we must treat him with honour although ...
— Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter • Frank R. Stockton

... Grief to good minds, to see a man of superior sense forced to hide his light under the bushel of an inferior coat.—Well, from what little I heard, I said to myself, Here now is one with the unprofitable philosophy of disesteem for man. Which disease, in the main, I have observed—excuse me—to spring from a certain lowness, if not sourness, of spirits inseparable from sequestration. Trust me, one had better mix in, and do like others. Sad business, this holding out against having ...
— The Confidence-Man • Herman Melville



Words linked to "Disesteem" :   dishonor, reckon, regard, see, consider, esteem, respect, view, disrespect, undervalue, dishonour



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