misesteem

/ˌmɪsɪsˈtiːm/

Etymology

From mis- + esteem. Compare French mésestime.

noun

  1. Lack of esteem; disrespect.“The daily sight of this my sovereign's sweet humility, and his detachment from earthly things, works in me a contagious misesteem for this brief life […]”

verb

  1. To hold in the wrong esteem; to disrespect.“Whatever man he be that dares to deem True poet's skill to spring of earthly race, I must him tell, that he doth misesteem Their strange estate, and eke himself disgrace By his rude ignorance.”