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Verb
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Present participle for to feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
abhorring
detesting
loathing
hating
execrating
disliking
abominating
scorning
deploring
disrelishing
disdaining
contemning
eschewing
reviling
misprizing
shrinking from
finding intolerable
looking down on
regarding with contempt
feeling contempt for
having a down on
feeling contempt
having no use for
disfavouring
disfavoring
regarding with disgust
misliking
disapproving
frowning on
having an aversion to
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“As work began on the three-volume biography, its writer began to despise his subject.”
Verb
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Present participle for to ignore or disregard contemptuously
scorning
flouting
shunning
disregarding
spurning
dissing
disdaining
sniffing at
looking down on
deriding
disrespecting
hating
look down one's nose at
contemning
snubbing
rejecting
sneering at
pouring scorn on
showing contempt for
holding in contempt
scoffing at
treating with contempt
looking down upon
turning your nose up at
slighting
abhorring
belittling
misprizing
mocking
scouting
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“You must be unselfish and kind, even when you are strong enough to despise the wishes of your neighbors.”
Verb
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Present participle for to speak about something or someone in a derisive or mocking way
scoffing
mocking
taunting
ridiculing
deriding
jeering
scorning
gibing
sneering
teasing
twitting
disdaining
rallying
flouting
ragging
scouting
belittling
contemning
knocking
panning
discrediting
riding
reviling
dismissing
discounting
booing
laughing at
scoffing at
jeering at
sneering at
poking fun at
jibing at
making fun of
pooh-poohing
poking mullock at
making sport of
taking the mickey
slagging off
treating contemptuously
making a fool of
taking the piss out of
fleering at
making light of
scouting at
showing contempt
digging at
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Verb
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Present participle for to insult or criticize someone or something
demeaning
discrediting
cheapening
disgracing
dishonoringUS
dishonouringUK
disparaging
shaming
belittling
condescending
contemning
decrying
derogating
detracting
humiliating
insulting
panning
scorning
deigning
demoralisingUK
demoralizingUS
dissing
bad-mouthing
putting down
casting down
taking down
knocking down
cutting down to size
Verb
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Present participle for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
vilipending
denigrating
disparaging
belittling
decrying
derogating
deprecating
depreciating
diminishing
minimisingUK
minimizingUS
dismissing
discounting
dissing
trashing
misprizing
bad-mouthing
running down
trash-talking
putting down
playing down
talking down
crying down
writing off
kissing off
dumping on
Verb
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Present participle for to disregard the rules or refuse to conform
defying
disobeying
contravening
violating
flouting
breaking
infringing
breaching
disregarding
ignoring
mocking
spurning
contemning
going against
rebelling against
refusing to obey
kicking against
flying in the face of
setting at naught
hurling defiance at
thumbing nose at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disregard and treat as unworthy of serious consideration
dismissing
disregarding
discounting
rejecting
spurning
forgetting
ignoring
overlooking
repudiating
dispelling
banishing
discarding
abandoning
denying
shelving
flouting
dropping
relegating
scouting
shrugging off
brushing off
laying aside
passing over
paying no attention to
glossing over
taking no notice of
thinking no more of
writing off
kissing off
paying no heed to
putting away
having done with
laughing away
putting out of your mind
setting aside
Verb
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Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone
rejecting
spurning
rebuffing
shunning
blackballing
cutting
ostracisingUK
ostracizingUS
snubbing
blacklisting
deserting
ignoring
jilting
scorning
abjuring
abnegating
blanking
discounting
disdaining
dropping
excluding
excommunicating
forsaking
repelling
repulsing
disfellowshipping
disfellowshiping
disowning
unfollowing
unfriending
casting aside
cold-shouldering
shutting out
casting out
cutting off
breaking with
cutting dead
swearing off
binning off
freezing out
leaving off
putting down
giving the cold shoulder
having nothing to do with
giving a wide berth to
giving someone the brush-off
giving someone the go-by
giving someone the push
giving the elbow
having nothing more to do with
leaving out in the cold
giving someone the air
giving someone the big E
sending to Coventry
handing someone the frozen mitt
Adjective
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Disparaging, or tending, or intending to be, belittling
disdainful
contemptuous
disparaging
scornful
slighting
derogatory
denigratory
belittling
deprecatory
pejorative
uncomplimentary
derisory
degrading
derisive
demeaning
depreciatory
depreciative
derogative
insulting
denigrative
mocking
decrying
detractive
contumelious
disrespectful
jeering
withering
unsympathetic
patronisingUK
patronizingUS
contemning
rejecting
repudiating
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