Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disesteem"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disesteem \Dis`es*teem"\, n.
Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike;
disfavor; disrepute.

Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disesteem \Dis`es*teem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disesteemed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Disesteeming}.]
1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor
or slight contempt; to slight.

But if this sacred gift you disesteem. --Denham.

Qualities which society does not disesteem. --Ld.
Lytton.

2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to
be regarded with disfavor. [Obs.]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? --B.
Jonson.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disesteem
n : the state in which esteem has been lost [ant: {esteem}]
v : have little or no respect for; hold in contempt [syn: {disrespect}]
[ant: {respect}, {respect}]


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