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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Despise \De*spise"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Despised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Despising}.] [OF. despis-, in some forms of despire to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon, despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See {Spy}, and cf. {Despicable}, {Despite}.] To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of.
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. --Prov. i. 7.
Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. --Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn: To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See {Contemn}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
despised
adjective: treated with contempt [syn: {detested}, {hated}, {scorned}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "despised": contemned, declined, declined with thanks, denied, disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, disliked, dismissed, disowned, excepted, excluded, forsworn, ignored, lowly, misprized, misunderstood, not considered, out of favor, rebuffed, refused, rejected, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, scouted, spurned, thankless, unappreciated, uncared-for, unlamented, unmissed, unmourned, unpopular, unregretted, unsung, unvalued
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