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DESPISAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does despisal mean?
• DESPISAL (noun)
The noun DESPISAL has 1 sense:
1. a feeling of scornful hatred
Familiarity information: DESPISAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of scornful hatred
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
despisal; despising
Hypernyms ("despisal" is a kind of...):
hate; hatred (the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action)
Derivation:
despise (look down on with disdain)
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