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Rejected vs Despise - What's the difference?

rejected | despise |

As verbs the difference between rejected and despise

is that rejected is (reject) while despise is to regard with contempt or scorn.

rejected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reject)

  • reject

    English

    (wikipedia reject)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To refuse to accept.
  • *
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  • (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
  • Synonyms

    * (refuse to accept) decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny

    Antonyms

    * (refuse to accept) accept, take up

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is rejected.
  • An unpopular person.
  • Synonyms

    * (something that is rejected) castaway * (an unpopular person) outcast, castaway, alien

    despise

    English

    Verb

    (despis)
  • To regard with contempt or scorn.
  • Synonyms

    * scorn * See also *contempt

    Antonyms

    * honor * respect * revere

    Derived terms

    * despisal * despicable

    See also

    * vilipend