Disprized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Regarded with contempt or held in low esteem, having been judged as worthless or unimportant
2. Scorned and undervalued, treated as having little worth by those who once thought it precious
3. Having been looked down on as unworthy of respect, esteem or admiration by others

Etymology: "Disprized" is the past participle or past tense of "disprize," a verb meaning to regard something as worthless or to hold it in low esteem. The prefix "dis-" carries the sense of reversal or negation, so it works here much as it does in "dislike" or "disregard." The stem "prize" is the older English word for value or esteem, the same root that gives us the modern noun "prize" as a reward won for merit. The ending "-ed" marks the verb form, so the word is built straightforwardly from "disprize" plus that suffix. Its history therefore follows that of "disprize" itself: a negated form of "prize" that expresses the opposite of valuing something.

Synonyms: disdain, despise, scorn, disparage

Antonyms: prize, value, treasure, esteem