verb.
To hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.
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noun.
the state in which esteem has been lost
verb.
have little or no respect for; hold in contempt
Word Usage
"These brutes held me in little respect; and, after all, human nature is so strange a compound that even a philosopher dislikes being held in disesteem by the brutes of his own species."