Definition: disesteem

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

disesteem
     n : the state in which esteem has been lost [ant: esteem]
     v : have little or no respect for; hold in contempt [syn: disrespect]
         [ant: respect, respect]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Disesteem \Dis`es*teem"\, n.
   Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike;
   disfavor; disrepute.

         Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. --Milton.
Disesteem \Dis`es*teem"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disesteemed; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming.]
   1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor
      or slight contempt; to slight.

            But if this sacred gift you disesteem. --Denham.

            Qualities which society does not disesteem. --Ld.
                                                  Lytton.

   2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to
      be regarded with disfavor. [Obs.]

            What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
            Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? --B.
                                                  Jonson.