зневажати

Ukrainian

Etymology

From знева́жити (znevážyty) +‎ -а́ти (-áty). Compare Polish znieważać.

Pronunciation

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Verb

зневажа́ти • (znevažáty) impf (perfective знева́жити) (transitive)

1. to despise, to disdain, to hold in contempt, to look down on, to scorn (to consider as unworthy of respect)
2. to disrespect (to show a lack of respect to)
3. to disregard, to neglect, to set at nought

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (all senses): знева́жувати impf (znevážuvaty) (rare)
• (disrespect): обража́ти impf (obražáty)
• (neglect): не́хтувати impf (néxtuvaty)

Derived terms

• зневажа́ння n (znevažánnja)

Related terms

Further reading

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “зневажати”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “зневажати”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “зневажати”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “зневажати”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “зневажати”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)