Translation for "ylenkatsoa" to english

Ylenkatsoa

verb

• despise

Translation examples

despise verb

Ah, epäilemättä hän minua ylenkatsoo!
Ah! I perceive too well that she despises me!

∫ On helppo ylenkatsoa ni
∫ It is easy to despise as stupid those of obvious inferior intelligence, but it would be well to remember that we were once at the same level.

Aktiivisilla anarkisteilla on tapana ylenkatsoa filosofisia anarkisteja, mikä on ymmärrettävää, mutta myös valitettavaa.
Active anarchists tend to despise philosophic anarchists, and this is understandable, though unfortunate.

Discours esitti omana aikanaan kiistanalaisen väitteen, jonka mukaan "skolastisten filosofien mielipiteitä ei tulisi kokonaan ylenkatsoa" (XI).
At the time of its writing Discourse made the controversial claim That the opinions of... scholastic philosophers are not to be wholly despised (XI).