v. To hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute.
v. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight.
v. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To regard without esteem; consider with disregard, disapprobation, dislike, or slight contempt; slight.
To bring into disrepute or disfavor; lower in esteem or estimation
n. Want of esteem; slight dislike; disregard.
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n. the state in which esteem has been lost
v. have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
Word Usage
"These brutes held me in little respect; and, after all, human nature is so strange a compound that even a philosopher dislikes being held in disesteem by the brutes of his own species."