What is another word for scorn?

“But there is a large public more discriminating who would scorn to be associated with those people we have just named, and yet they share a good number of their tastes.”

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To knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is

minimise^UK

minimize^US

criticise^UK

criticize^US

degrade

trivialise^UK

trivialize^US

marginalise^UK

marginalize^US

pummel^US

look down one's nose at

pummelled^UK

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

give someone a bollocking

slap on the wrist

carp at

ostracise^UK

give a rocket

give someone a bad press

give someone a rollicking

remonstrate

tell off

pick apart

rap over the knuckles

tear apart

give someone a roasting

ostracize^US

stigmatize^US

blacken someone's reputation

stigmatise^UK

give someone a dressing-down

give someone a telling-off

trim

give someone an earful

give someone what for

baste

jaw

besmirch

give someone a wigging

give someone a mouthful

give someone a rating

give someone a caning

belabor^US

slap down

belabour^UK

blow up

rail

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

drag through the mire

scandalize^US

jump down one's throat

scandalise^UK

give a piece of one's mind

express disapproval of

tear to pieces

thunder

kick up a fuss about

kick up a stink about

complain vociferously about

sully the reputation of

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

give something a battering

bite someone's head off

have someone on the carpet

rag on

lay out

disagree violently with

give the business

make a stand against

jump down someone's throat

make a protest against

put up a fight against

bring to book

go after

kick against

complain bitterly about

satirize^US

satirise^UK

give a tongue-lashing

snap someone's head off

blackguard

ruin

speak

moralise^UK

moralize^US

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

cut to bits

give someone a carpeting

eat out

criticize hatefully

cuss out

lose one's temper with

drag someone's name through the mud

sling mud

sound off to

mete out punishment to

rap someone the knuckles

express a poor opinion of

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

give something a bad press

express strong disapproval of

express disapprobation

express disapprobation of

hold someone to blame

lodge a protest against

take issue

combat

fight

express disagreement with

send someone away with a flea in his

categorize^US

ruin the reputation of

damage someone's reputation

destroy someone's credibility

bring into disfavour

show in a bad light

blacken someone's name

demonize^US

demonise^UK

categorise^UK

take great exception to

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To subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

satirise^UK

satirize^US

make a laughing-stock

make a monkey out of

take the piss out of

laugh out of court

make someone a laughing stock

criticise^UK

criticize^US

make cutting remarks about

say contemptuously

give the Bronx cheer to

hold up to scorn

turn up one's nose at

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

sheikh^UK

sheik^US

play a practical joke

give someone a bollocking

give someone a bad press

give someone a rollicking

rap over the knuckles

give someone a roasting

stigmatize^US

stigmatise^UK

do an impersonation of

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To feel distaste for or hostility towards

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

be unable to tolerate

bear a grudge against

feel malice to

feel aversion towards

feel revulsion towards

have a poor opinion of

regard with repugnance

have a low opinion of

not think much of

look down one's nose at

not be able to stomach

feel repugnance towards

have aversion to

find disgusting

feel repugnance

have a strong aversion to

feel hostility toward

feel aversion toward

feel hostility towards

feel repugnance toward

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To show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

Verb

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To show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone or something

ostracise^UK

ostracize^US

give the cold shoulder

have nothing to do with

give a wide berth to

give someone the brush-off

give someone the go-by

give someone the push

give the elbow

have nothing more to do with

leave out in the cold

give someone the air

give someone the big E

send to Coventry

hand someone the frozen mitt

kick in the teeth

repudiate

look right through someone

tell someone where to get off

tell someone to get lost

give the cold shoulder to

keep one's distance from

refuse to acknowledge

cut off without a penny

cut off without a cent

have no more truck with

lay aside

be against

fly in the face of

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To exercise or express disbelief or doubt

have no confidence in

have no faith in

take with a pinch of salt

have suspicions about

feel apprehensive about

lack confidence in

have reservations about

cast doubt on

have reservations

have doubts about

have misgivings about

disbelieve in

be unsure about

be unsure of

regard with suspicion

be skeptical of

be chary of

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To hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

Verb

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To speak with vulgar, irreverent or profane language

Verb

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Challenge, defy someone

knock chip off shoulder

come face to face with

put up a fight against

meet eyeball-to-eyeball

set your face against

persevere in the face of

go the distance against

stand firm

hold the line against

be forced to contend with

stand up and be counted against

put a bold face on it

throw down the gauntlet at

get into conflict with

come into conflict with

go eyeball to eyeball with

look straight in the eye

take the bull by the horns

enter into combat with

come to close quarters with

neutralize^US

neutralise^UK

hold one's ground against

stand one's ground against

initiate a discussion with

discuss something with

remonstrate with

call someone's bluff

treat with contempt

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