Emotions
Synonyms for despise
The synonym for despise recorded in this bank is loathe, in the sense "to feel intense dislike or contempt for". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for despise
- loatheverb, in the sense "to feel intense dislike or contempt for"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for despise.
to feel intense dislike or contempt for
Many people despise bullies who pick on younger kids.
The true synonym
loathe
Same sentence, swapped: Many people loathe bullies who pick on younger kids.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- pity
- admire
- envy
Where despise turns up in the game
despise is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play despise
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so despise reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because emotions is the company despise keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. despise carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.