despised

Questions about despised

What does despised mean?

despised means "treated with dislike or contempt".

How many syllables are in despised?

despised has 2 syllables: de-spised. The stress falls on "spised". In IPA it is /dɪˈspaɪzd/.

What is another word for despised?

Close synonyms include detested, hated, scorned. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is despised a common word?

despised is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.