Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

ADMIRE

Despise   

The most appropriate antonym of the word admire is despise.

• Admire means to regard with respect or warm approval.
• Despise means to regard with extreme aversion or contempt.
• Tractable means easy to manage or control.
• Diatribe means a forceful and bitter verbal attack.
• Arrant means complete or utter.