| despisal | (n) a feeling of scornful hatred, Syn. despising |
| Despisable | a. [ Cf. OF. despisable. ] Despicable; contemptible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Despisal | n. A despising; contempt. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] A despisal of religion. South. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Despise | v. t. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. i. 7. [ 1913 Webster ] Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. Jowett (Thucyd. ). |
| Despisedness | n. The state of being despised. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Despisement | n. A despising. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Despiser | n. One who despises; a contemner; a scorner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Despisingly | adv. Contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ] |