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Verb
Present participle for to feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
Present participle for to ignore or disregard contemptuously
Present participle for to despise
Present participle for to insult or criticize someone or something
Present participle for to treat as unworthy of serious consideration
Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone or something
Present participle for to resist openly and boldly
Present participle for to regard or represent as being of little worth
Noun
Despising
Adjective
Showing contempt or lack of respect
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Verb
▲
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
regarding with disgust
disapproving
condemning
recoiling from
disfavoring
deprecating
shuddering at
having it in for
disfavouring
objecting to
having an aversion to
misliking
feeling aversion to
disapproving of
denouncing
frowning on
taking exception to
resenting
taking a dim view of
reproving
finding unacceptable
opposing
spurning
slamming
not taking kindly to
not appreciating
criticizing
US
censuring
excoriating
disliking greatly
decrying
feeling aversion towards
rejecting
repudiating
feeling repugnance towards
regarding with repugnance
feeling disgust for
feeling revulsion to
feeling hostility to
criticising
UK
shunning
looking askance at
disesteeming
discountenancing
minding
antipathizing
regretting
frowning upon
having no liking for
holding in disfavour
regarding with distaste
not enduring
losing interest in
having no stomach for
not caring for
bearing malice toward
having no taste for
having hard feelings
tutting about
making faces at
tutting over
tut-tutting over
tut-tutting about
feeling hostile towards
feeling repelled by
feeling hostile to
feeling revulsion towards
feeling malice to
bearing a grudge against
vilifying
anathematizing
refusing
revolting
declining
finding disgusting
not feeling like
avoiding
vilipending
imprecating
cursing
feeling repugnance
having a strong aversion to
distasting
accursing
objurgating
having a poor opinion of
taking dim view of
having a problem with
having aversion to
disliking intensely
caning
knocking
hammering
feeling distaste for
slashing
rubbishing
slating
blasting
bad-mouthing
feeling animosity to
feeling disgust towards
downing on
feeling hostility towards
aspersing
reprobating
railing against
inveighing against
derogating
feeling hostility toward
feeling repugnance toward
feeling aversion toward
slagging off
pulling apart
vituperating against
protesting against
pulling to pieces
animadverting on
hitting out at
finding repellent
disagreeing with
finding distasteful
having no taste
fearing
dreading
having a horror of
more ❯
“As work began on the three-volume biography, its writer began to
despise
his subject.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ignore or disregard contemptuously
scorning
flouting
shunning
disregarding
spurning
disdaining
dissing
deriding
sneering at
slighting
mocking
disrespecting
disparaging
look down one's nose at
contemning
looking down on
pooh-poohing
treating with contempt
scoffing at
snubbing
ridiculing
rejecting
belittling
sniffing at
sneering
jeering at
showing contempt for
looking down upon
turning your nose up at
taunting
scouting
abhorring
hating
gibing
reviling
pouring scorn on
laughing at
scoffing
regarding with contempt
holding in contempt
putting down
making fun of
poking fun at
undervaluing
insulting
jeering
misprizing
dismissing
affronting
refusing
defying
heaping scorn on
outraging
holding in disdain
ragging
turning down
treating contemptuously
jibing at
discounting
making a fool of
thumbing nose at
taking the piss out of
treating as inferior
walking over
sneezing at
offending
wounding
feeling contempt for
slapping
condemning
girding
slurring
pillorying
quipping
cutting down
ragging on
making jokes about
gibing at
treating with disdain
frowning on
lookng down at
ignoring
vilipending
failing
disobeying
disesteeming
knocking
rebuffing
disfavoring
disfavouring
teasing
twitting
being above
slagging off
pissing on
pissing over
trashing
confuting
avoiding
repudiating
spitting on
renouncing
refuting
having no use for
brushing off
refusing to acknowledge
having contempt for
discrediting
panning
booing
disbelieving
rallying
riding
blowing raspberries at
laughing out of court
considering beneath you
running down
poking mullock at
fleering at
scouting at
making light of
curling your lip at
turning back on
giving the Bronx cheer to
spitting in the face of
considering beneath one
spitting in the eye of
digging at
showing contempt
making sport of
taking the mickey
abominating
chillin
chilling
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“You must be unselfish and kind, even when you are strong enough to
despise
the wishes of your neighbors.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to despise
vilipending
bad-mouthing
belittling
decrying
denigrating
deprecating
depreciating
derogating
diminishing
dissing
discounting
dismissing
disparaging
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
trashing
trash-talking
misprizing
crying down
dumping on
kissing off
playing down
putting down
running down
talking down
Verb
▲
Present participle for to insult or criticize someone or something
demeaning
discrediting
cheapening
disgracing
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
disparaging
shaming
belittling
condescending
contemning
decrying
derogating
detracting
humiliating
insulting
panning
scorning
deigning
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
dissing
bad-mouthing
putting down
casting down
taking down
knocking down
cutting down to size
Verb
▲
Present participle for to treat as unworthy of serious consideration
dismissing
disregarding
discounting
rejecting
spurning
forgetting
ignoring
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
overlooking
repudiating
discarding
dispelling
banishing
abandoning
denying
shelving
flouting
dropping
relegating
scouting
shrugging off
playing down
brushing off
laying aside
passing over
paying no attention to
glossing over
taking no notice of
thinking no more of
kissing off
paying no heed to
putting away
having done with
laughing away
putting out of your mind
setting aside
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone or something
rejecting
spurning
rebuffing
shunning
blackballing
cutting
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
snubbing
avoiding
blacklisting
deserting
ignoring
jilting
renouncing
scorning
abjuring
abnegating
blanking
discounting
disdaining
dropping
eschewing
excluding
excommunicating
forsaking
repelling
repulsing
vetoing
burning
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
not buying
scoffing at
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
Verb
▲
Present participle for to resist openly and boldly
defying
confronting
facing
bearding
braving
resisting
opposing
outfacing
withstanding
brazening
breasting
daring
disobeying
disregarding
flouting
outbraving
spurning
contemning
deriding
fronting
gibing
insulting
meeting head-on
outdaring
provoking
rebelling
repulsing
ridiculing
scorning
slighting
sticking
taking on
venturing
calling someone's bluff
hanging tough
holding out against
squaring up to
standing up to
sticking fast
taking a stand against
making my day
treating with contempt
flying in face of
putting up a fight against
hurling defiance at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to regard or represent as being of little worth
undervaluing
underrating
underestimating
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
belittling
de-emphasizing
underemphasizing
understating
depreciating
diminishing
downgrading
lessening
misjudging
misprizing
reducing
trivialising
UK
trivializing
US
disregarding
downplaying
minifying
playing down
brushing aside
disparaging
glossing over
rating too low
shrugging off
vilipending
doing an injustice to
looking down on
selling short
setting little store by
thinking too little of
holding cheap
making light of
setting no store by
taking for granted
Noun
▲
Despising
despisement
contempt
contemptuousness
despite
despitefulness
disdain
misprision
scorn
derision
scornfulness
disrespect
hatred
hate
abhorrence
condescension
loathing
distaste
contumely
disgust
sneering
disparagement
aversion
disregard
despisal
ridicule
mockery
detestation
disdainfulness
scoffing
sneer
derisiveness
slight
sarcasm
revulsion
execration
animosity
repugnance
lovelessness
repulsion
taunting
teasing
jeering
sport
dislike
indifference
arrogance
hauteur
superciliousness
haughtiness
snobbishness
aloofness
lordliness
dismissiveness
superbity
pride
antipathy
insolence
loftiness
maliciousness
malignancy
spite
malice
spitefulness
malignity
meanness
nastiness
ill will
bitterness
rancor
US
satire
raillery
irony
mordancy
rancour
UK
acrimony
dig
sharpness
acerbity
venom
malevolence
odium
cynicism
banter
corrosiveness
hostility
causticity
trenchancy
comeback
disapproval
causticness
abomination
put down
acidity
acridity
horror
enmity
lampooning
antagonism
animus
jeer
burlesque
resentment
denigration
jibing
insult
criticism
ragging
mordacity
gibe
aspersion
taunt
objection
joking
mislike
kidding
frost
rankling
chaffing
revenge
joshing
cut
laughter
invective
wisecrack
censure
obloquy
flouting
anathema
repellency
repellence
bother
irritant
grievance
gripe
trouble
pain
bugbear
nuisance
nasty look
black beast
bete noire
no love lost
repugnancy
caricature
badinage
acridness
jibe
tartness
ribbing
asperity
sneers
virulence
jab
slam
vilification
sardonicism
acidness
taunts
cattiness
bile
kidology
virulency
wit
chiacking
deprecation
razz
goofing
razzing
opprobrium
parting shot
winding up
taking the mickey
vitriol
fun
pique
malignance
coldness
grudge
prejudice
displeasure
Bronx cheer
disrelish
ill feeling
bad feeling
spleen
brutality
forcefulness
directness
incisiveness
outspokenness
gibes
pasquinade
barb
reproachfulness
censoriousness
affront
slur
insinuation
facetiousness
mocking
snobbery
defiance
stubbornness
disesteem
recalcitrance
audacity
indignity
snigger
snidery
belittling
jeers
insults
crack
backhander
slap
pilgarlic
brickbat
dump
cutting remark
militancy
disfavor
US
ignominy
alienation
invidiousness
envy
pooh-poohing
cruelty
hurtfulness
acrimoniousness
viciousness
hatefulness
disfavour
UK
outrage
shame
bantering
backhanded compliment
hard feelings
strong aversion
intense dislike
hiss
boo
opprobriousness
catcall
strong dislike
extreme dislike
abuse
hoot
skylarking
clowning about
antics
jokes
fooling around
mischief
clowning around
acid
shout
wryness
backhandedness
sarkiness
absurdity
hissing
snort
bird
heckling
raspberry
catcalling
hectoring
booing
scoff
shouting
interruption
barracking
knocking
frolic
merriment
jest
mirth
escapade
jollification
horseplay
pleasantry
mummery
drollery
tomfoolery
trifling
jesting
nonsense
jollity
practical joke
parody
travesty
chaff
lampoon
persiflage
rib
farce
swipe
mimicry
roast
jibes
twitting
rally
needling
foolery
buffoonery
leer
put-on
pulling someone's chain
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“She is an absolutist,
despising
those opportunists who take time out of normal life for a little promiscuity.”
Adjective
▲
Showing contempt or lack of respect
disdainful
contemptuous
proud
scornful
superior
haughty
arrogant
derisive
sneering
aloof
lordly
supercilious
condescending
disparaging
disrespectful
hoity-toity
slighting
withering
indifferent
insolent
mocking
patronising
UK
patronizing
US
snobbish
abhorrent
dismissive
hifalutin
highfalutin
insulting
jeering
lofty
prideful
sniffy
snotty
contumelious
full of contempt
uppish
antipathetic
averse
cavalier
contemning
cool
egotistic
high-and-mighty
overbearing
rejecting
repudiating
scouting
snooty
toplofty
unsympathetic
uppity
high and mighty
on your high horse
looking down your nose at
turning up your nose at
imperious
pompous
conceited
pretentious
stuck-up
presumptuous
self-important
overweening
cocky
toffee-nosed
snobby
high-handed
huffy
egotistical
high-hat
bumptious
smug
toploftical
vainglorious
huffish
vain
peremptory
important
chesty
domineering
masterful
boastful
self-assertive
self-asserting
stiff-necked
presuming
assumptive
overconfident
swaggering
narcissistic
bossy
puffed up
egoistic
egoistical
fancy-pants
immodest
bigheaded
brash
swellheaded
affected
self-conceited
ostentatious
self-opinionated
la-di-da
elitist
audacious
self-satisfied
opinionated
magisterial
bragging
swollen-headed
snippy
big-headed
pontifical
self-centered
US
hubristic
blustering
egocentric
self-centred
UK
biggity
stuck up
biggety
self-affected
selfish
self-promoting
self-contented
self-adulatory
self-glorifying
self-engrossed
self-congratulatory
scoffing
bloated
impudent
above oneself
assured
assuming
autocratic
bold
rude
pushy
cocksure
forward
self-confident
full of oneself
posh
dictatorial
know-it-all
cheeky
authoritarian
self-righteous
self-serving
orgulous
holier-than-thou
confident
self-assured
blusterous
tyrannical
despotic
too big for your boots
grandiose
aristocratic
persnickety
brazen
officious
brassy
smarty
smart-alecky
cold-shoulder
complacent
swanky
dominating
jumped up
saucy
impertinent
wise guy
taunting
putting on airs
on an ego trip
snide
sarcastic
satirical
perfunctory
scathing
sardonic
exclusive
derisory
ritzy
potty
teasing
gracious
uncivil
stuffy
irreverent
nervy
full of yourself
high
smart
flip
sassy
remote
tony
fresh
self-aggrandizing
high-flown
sure
too big for your breeches
self-respecting
braggart
bombastic
self-loving
braggy
pontificating
self-complacent
self-pleased
unreserved
self-flattering
self-gratulatory
self-dramatizing
blustery
self-applauding
extroverted
extraverted
uninhibited
stooping
standoffish
offhand
loudmouth
puffed-up
ambitious
commanding
airy
giddy
silliness
thoughtless
dizzy
flighty
consequential
cliquish
belittling
denigrating
curt
casual
wiseguy
ironical
ironic
quizzical
complaisant
unconcerned
insouciant
uninterested
negative
highhanded
refined
satiric
unceremonious
discourteous
la-dee-da
bullish
poncey
inflated
windy
on a high horse
unenthusiastic
dimissory
honourable
UK
honorable
US
abrupt
brusque
glib
terse
cursory
off
ungracious
boasting
portentous
puffy
nose in the air
too big for your britches
unkind
take-it-or-leave-it
pococurante
offish
flaunting
wise
pushful
unabashed
oppressive
la-de-da
high-minded
unblushing
boldfaced
pert
barefaced
procacious
malapert
inconsiderate
careless
heavy-handed
throwing one's weight about
coercive
bullying
tyrannous
overproud
authoritative
tyrannic
dogmatic
autocratical
lording it
iron-handed
ridiculing
preponderant
imperial
imperative
ascendant
prevalent
demanding
regnant
jibing
detracting
denigratory
pillorying
pathetic
lampooning
silly
ridiculous
cockamamy
absurd
caustic
ludicrous
laughable
risible
cockamamie
comical
farcical
preposterous
gally
out-of-line
cynical
sarky
snidey
crusty
reserved
distant
detached
for the birds
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