disesteem

/dɪsɪˈstiːm/

low regard or contempt

His constant rudeness earned him the disesteem of his colleagues.

His colleagues lost respect for him due to his behavior.

formal

a state of being held in low regard or contempt

The politician's dishonesty led to widespread disesteem among voters.

Voters lost respect for the politician because of his dishonesty.

Often used in formal or literary contexts to describe a loss of respect or esteem.

Collocations

hold in disesteemto regard someone or something with contemptfall into disesteemto lose respect or esteem

Use 'disesteem' in formal writing or speech to convey a loss of respect or esteem.

From Middle English 'disesteemen,' from Old French 'desestimer,' meaning 'to esteem less,' from 'des-' (dis-) + 'estimer' (to esteem).

The word is relatively rare in modern English and is more commonly found in formal or literary contexts.

dis-

not, opposite of

prefix

esteem

respect or regard

root

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