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Disesteem
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.