Definition for Misprize:

• Despise; fail to appreciate. [ old French]

Synonyms for Misprize:

• v.

  •despise (verb)
  • execrate,
  • abhor,
  • hate,
  • revile,
  • wipe out,
  • shun,
  • spurn,
  • flout,
  • disregard,
  • detest,
  • reject,
  • slight,
  • neglect,
  • eschew,
  • repudiate,
  • snub,
  • renounce,
  • abominate.
  •detract (verb)
  • derogate,
  • decry,
  • blister,
  • cheapen,
  • Vilipend,
  • diminish,
  • cut rate,
  • decrease,
  • subtract from,
  • knock,
  • reduce,
  • write off,
  • disesteem,
  • lower,
  • discredit,
  • devaluate,
  • backbite,
  • withdraw,
  • discount,
  • laugh at,
  • draw away.
  •disdain (verb)
  • scout,
  • chill,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • refuse,
  • look down on,
  • ignore.

• Other synonyms:

  •detract
  • underrated,
  • be little,
  • subtracting from,
  • blistered,
  • laughed at.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dismiss,
  • jeer,
  • mock,
  • slur,
  • laugh off,
  • beggar,
  • misjudge,
  • chaff,
  • degrade,
  • snort,
  • guy,
  • abase,
  • twit,
  • devalue,
  • Misprise,
  • affront,
  • rag,
  • play down,
  • look,
  • disrespect,
  • denigrate,
  • talk down,
  • underplay,
  • Fleer,
  • miscalculate,
  • gibe,
  • scoff at,
  • de-emphasize,
  • jibe,
  • downplay,
  • sneer,
  • blaspheme,
  • denounce,
  • taunt,
  • trivialize,
  • scoff,
  • lessen.

Antonyms for Misprize:

• v.

  • despise
    adore, approve, appreciate, admire, like, accept, respect, cherish, praise, love.
  • detract
    commend, laud, expand, optimize, add to, compliment, upgrade, extend, grow, overvalue, exaggerate, overestimate, overrate, value, develop, exalt, enlarge, raise, increase.
  • disdain
    favor, allow, pay attention, note, regard, esteem, sanction.

Misprize Sentence Examples:

• His verse seems to me not poetry, but the materials of poetry, like one's emotions; yet I would not misprize it, and I am glad to own that I have had moments of great pleasure in it.