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DISESTEEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disesteem mean?
• DISESTEEM (noun)
The noun DISESTEEM has 1 sense:
1. the state in which esteem has been lost
Familiarity information: DISESTEEM used as a noun is very rare.
• DISESTEEM (verb)
The verb DISESTEEM has 1 sense:
1. have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
Familiarity information: DISESTEEM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state in which esteem has been lost
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("disesteem" is a kind of...):
dishonor; dishonour (a state of shame or disgrace)
Antonym:
esteem (the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded))
Derivation:
disesteem (have little or no respect for; hold in contempt)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
disesteem; disrespect
Hypernyms (to "disesteem" is one way to...):
consider; reckon; regard; see; view (deem to be)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disesteem"):
undervalue (esteem lightly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
esteem (regard highly; think much of)
Derivation:
disesteem (the state in which esteem has been lost)
Context examples
With all the security which love of another and disesteem of him could give to the peace of mind he was attacking, his continued attentions—continued, but not obtrusive, and adapting themselves more and more to the gentleness and delicacy of her character—obliged her very soon to dislike him less than formerly.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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