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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISESTEEM, n. [dis and esteem.] Want of esteem; slight dislike; disregard. It expresses less than hatred or contempt.
DISESTEEM, v.t. To dislike in a moderate degree; to consider with disregard, disapprobation, dislike or slight contempt; to slight.
But if this sacred gift you disesteem.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state in which esteem has been lost [ant: esteem, regard, respect] v
1: have little or no respect for; hold in contempt [syn: disrespect, disesteem] [ant: esteem, prise, prize, respect, value]

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: 1594 to regard with disfavor II. noun Date: 1603 disfavor, disrepute

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. have a low opinion of; despise. --n. low esteem or regard.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Disesteem Dis`es*teem", n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n., v. a. Disregard. See disfavor.

Moby Thesaurus

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