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Disesteem vs Misesteem - What's the difference?

disesteem | misesteem |

As nouns the difference between disesteem and misesteem

is that disesteem is want of esteem; disregard while misesteem is (archaic) lack of esteem; disrespect.

As a verb disesteem

is to hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.

disesteem

English

Noun

(-)
  • want of esteem; disregard.
  • * Milton
    • Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.

    • References

    * Chambers's Etymological Dictionary , 1896, p. 130

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    misesteem

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (archaic) Lack of esteem; disrespect.
    • The daily sight of this my sovereign's sweet humility, and his detachment from earthly things, works in me a contagious misesteem for this brief life — Georgina Fullerton.
    (Webster 1913)