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# despise — English to Ukrainian

How English *despise* is translated into Ukrainian in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

What it means: [despise in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/despise/).

Sentence pairs counted, by form: despise (59), despises (20). By style: everyday 31 · biblical 48.

## презираю

Used about 23 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 23). Forms: презираю, презирають, презирає.

- I **despise** conlangs.
  Я **презираю** штучні мови.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by mailohilohi and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5993736](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5993736) [\#6136573](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6136573))

- Tom still **despises** me.
  Том все ще **презирає** мене.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#3822612](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3822612) [\#6332542](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6332542))

- Tom might **despise** Mary.
  Том, можливо, **презирає** Мері.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7113161](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7113161) [\#7127923](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7127923))

- I still **despise** those people.
  Я й досі **презираю** тих людей.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#7737642](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7737642) [\#8381659](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/8381659))

- To tell the truth, I **despise** him.
  Чесно кажучи, я його **презираю**.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Joseph and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#5143428](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/5143428) [\#6920043](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6920043))

## гордує

Used about 4 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 4).

- He who **despises** his neighbor sins, but he who has pity on the poor is blessed.
  Грішить, хто ближнїм **гордує**, а благословен той, хто до вбогого милосердний.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 14:21)

- Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one **despise** you.
  Се говори, напоминай, і докоряй з усяким повелїннєм. Нехай нїхто тобою не **гордує**.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · TIT 2:15)

- Therefore let no one **despise** him. But set him forward on his journey in peace, that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.
  То нехай нїхто ним не **гордує**, а випроводїть його з упокоєм, щоб прийшов до мене; жду бо його з браттєм.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1CO 16:11)

- Let no man **despise** your youth; but be an example to those who believe, in word, in your way of life, in love, in spirit, in faith, and in purity.
  Нїхто ж нехай молодостю твоєю не **гордує**; а будь взором для вірних, у слові, у життю, у любові, у дусї, у чистотї.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · 1TI 4:12)

## нїхто

Used about 2 times in the texts (biblical ≈ 2).

- Men don’t **despise** a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry,
  Про злодїя **нїхто** байдужен не буває, хоч би він крав голодний, щоб попоїсти;
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PRO 6:30)

- “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and **despise** the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon.
  **Нїхто** не може служити двом панам, бо, або одного ненавидїти ме, а другого любити ме; або до одного прихилить ся, а другим гордувати ме. Не можете Богу служити й мамонї.
  ([World English Bible and the Kulish–Puluj Bible (1905)](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Kulish and Puluj 1905; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · MAT 6:24)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- We all **despise** Mary.
  Ми всі презираємо Мері.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CN and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#6358726](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/6358726) [\#7986428](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/7986428))

- You should not **despise** a man because he is poorly paid.
  Тобі не слід зневажати людину через те, що вона мало заробляє.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CM and ascolto · checked, community translation · [\#19534](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/19534) [\#926384](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/926384))

- The rich sometimes **despise** the poor.
  Багаті іноді зневажають бідних.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by CK and deniko · checked, community translation · [\#18516](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/18516) [\#468712](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/468712))

## Grammar

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