軽けい蔑べつ

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軽蔑する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Strong feeling of looking down on someone or something as worthless or inferior. Used both as a noun and with する as a transitive verb.

〈人ひと〉を軽けい蔑べつするto despise/hold someone in contempt
彼かれは嘘うそをつく人ひとを軽けい蔑べつする。
He despises people who lie.
〈人ひと〉に軽けい蔑べつされるto be despised by someone
彼かの女じょはクラスメートに軽けい蔑べつされているように感かんじた。
She felt despised by her classmates.
軽けい蔑べつの目めで見みるto look at someone with contempt
上じょう司しは失しっ敗ぱいした部ぶ下かを軽けい蔑べつの目めで見みた。
The boss looked at the subordinate who had failed with contempt.
軽けい蔑べつの念ねんを抱いだくto harbor a feeling of contempt
彼かれはその政せい治じ家かに対たいして軽けい蔑べつの念ねんを抱いだいていた。
He harbored a feeling of contempt toward that politician.

侮ぶ蔑べつN1
侮蔑 and 軽蔑 both mean deep contempt for someone, but 侮蔑 is slightly more literary and often implies an active display of scorn.
蔑べっ視し
蔑視 emphasizes looking down on a group or category (e.g. based on gender or race), while 軽蔑 is a more personal feeling of contempt toward an individual or thing.
侮ぶ辱じょくN1
侮辱 is an insult or disrespectful act, often verbal, while 軽蔑 is the inner feeling of looking down on someone as worthless.
見み下くだすN1
見下す is a plain verb meaning to look down on someone, while 軽蔑 carries a stronger nuance of moral disdain and is used with する.

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軽けい視しN1
軽視 means to underrate or make light of something's importance, whereas 軽蔑 is a personal feeling of contempt toward a person or their character.
蔑さげすむN1
軽蔑する is a common suru-verb for contempt, while 蔑む is a single godan verb that can feel more literary or intense.
馬ば鹿かにするN2
軽蔑する is a formal word for feeling contempt or disdain, while 馬鹿にする is more casual and often implies mocking behavior rather than just an attitude.

尊そん敬けいN3
尊敬 means respect and admiration, the direct opposite of 軽蔑's feeling of contempt and disdain.
憧あこがれN2
憧れ is admiration or longing for someone, while 軽蔑 is contempt or looking down on someone.
憧あこがれるN3
軽蔑する means to despise or look down on someone, the opposite of the admiration expressed by 憧れる.

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感かん心しんN3
軽蔑 is looking down on someone with contempt, the opposite of 感心's admiration for someone's qualities.
リスペクト
軽蔑 means contempt or disdain, the opposite of the admiration expressed by リスペクト.
敬けい意いN3
軽蔑 is contempt or scorn for someone, the direct opposite of the admiration expressed by 敬意.
敬うやまうN2
軽蔑する means 'to despise or look down on', the direct opposite of 敬う, which means to hold someone in high regard.
崇すう拝はいN1
軽蔑 means contempt or disdain, the opposite of the reverent adoration expressed by 崇拝.
崇あがめる
軽蔑する means to hold someone in contempt, directly opposite to 崇める's deep respect and admiration.

軽けい蔑べつUsage97%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
軽けいべつUsage2%
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Search-only form; not a standard written variant.
ケイベツUsage<1%

From 軽 (light, slight) and 蔑 (disregard, despise). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of treating something as light or worthless.