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.
Source : WordNet®
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}]