Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
contemn, despise, scorn, disdain
(verb) look down on with disdain; “He despises the people he has to work for”; “The professor scorns the students who don’t catch on immediately”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
despise (third-person singular simple present despises, present participle despising, simple past and past participle despised)
To regard with contempt or scorn.
To disregard or ignore.
• contemn
• disdain
• scorn
• See also despise
• admire
• cherish
• honor
• respect
• treasure
• pedesis
Source: Wiktionary
De*spise", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despised; p. pr. & vb. n. Despising.] Etym: [OF. despis-, in some forms of despire to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon, despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy, and cf. Despicable, Despite.]
Definition: To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of. Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. i. 7. Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
Syn.
– To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See Contemn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.