What is another word for scorn?

“As time went on new rules were drafted, pitches were developed, the games began to draw the attention of people who at one time would have scorned to be associated with them.”

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To ignore or disregard contemptuously

set one's face against

baulk^UK

balk^US

take law into own hands

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To subject to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

satirise^UK

satirize^US

take the mickey out of

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

tantalise^UK

criticize^US

tantalize^US

give someone a hard time

make cutting remarks about

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To speak with contempt or mockery of

pour scorn on

denigrate

deprecate

minimise^UK

minimize^US

ridicule

trivialise^UK

trivialize^US

look down one's nose at

criticize^US

criticise^UK

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

stigmatize^US

give someone a bollocking

slap on the wrist

carp at

ostracise^UK

give someone a bad press

give someone a rollicking

remonstrate

tell off

pick apart

rap over the knuckles

tear apart

give someone a roasting

give someone a rocket

ostracize^US

read out

ream out

inveigh against

blacken someone's reputation

stigmatise^UK

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

sully the reputation of

blacken the character of

set too little store by

abandon one's principles

give something a battering

give something a bad press

drag through the mire

defame someone's character

blacken name

sully someone's reputation

tell lies about

spread scandal about

run a smear campaign against

fling mud at

sling mud

blacken someone's name

run smear campaign

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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

regard with repugnance

have a poor opinion of

feel repugnance towards

find disgusting

feel repugnance

have a strong aversion to

feel hostility towards

feel disgust towards

feel hostility toward

feel aversion toward

feel repugnance toward

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

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Annoy or provoke in an unkind way

victimise^UK

victimize^US

agonise^UK

agonize^US

lead someone a merry dance

give someone a hard time

terrorize^US

tyrannize^US

terrorise^UK

tyrannise^UK

tantalize^US

tantalise^UK

pressurize^US

pressurise^UK

criticize^US

criticise^UK

take the mickey out of

give someone the hump

traumatize^US

antagonize^US

satirize^US

breathe down someone's neck

appall^US

appal^UK

satirise^UK

drive round the twist

antagonise^UK

traumatise^UK

make things hot for someone

weigh heavily on someone's mind

shake up

use strong-arm tactics on

weigh heavily on one's mind

get in one's hair

insist on

hit where one lives

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

eat at

prey on someone's mind

scare the bejesus out of

hurt one's feelings

get someone's back up

get on someone's wick

twist someone's arm

make someone's blood boil

do in

get in someone's hair

issue threats to

try someone's patience

get on someone's nerves

be prejudiced against

show ill will towards

feel ill will towards

bear a grudge towards

breath down someone's neck

punish repeatedly and unfairly

ruffle someone's feathers

get someone's dander up

be a thorn in someone's flesh

make someone's hackles rise

get someone's hackles up

get under someone's skin

get up someone's nose

drive you up the wall

put someone off their stroke

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into a tizz

throw into tizzy

jump on one's case

give one the business

dishonor^US

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

gibe at

bring pressure to bear on

be a weight on one's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

dishonour^UK

give someone the works

put on the rack

rock the boat

make a scene

hurt somebody's feelings

make severe demands on

frighten out of your wits

scare to death

put the fear of God into

fill with terror

make it hot for someone

put the frighteners on

put someone's back up

raise someone's hackles

have someone do something

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

treat with contempt

mishandle

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

keep someone hanging on

make someone's mouth water

jeopardize^US

demonize^US

demonise^UK

jeopardise^UK

get on someone's back

make one's hackles rise

get on someone's case

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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 someone in the teeth

tell someone where to get off

tell someone to get lost

give the cold shoulder to

look right through someone

keep your distance from

shake off

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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 reservations about

smell a rat

have suspicions about

have misgivings about

be unsure about

be unsure of

regard with suspicion

entertain doubts about

call into question

object to

harbour reservations about

raise doubts about

harbour suspicions about

raise objections to

express suspicions about

cast aspersions on

express reservations about

throw doubt on

take something with a pinch of salt

take with a grain of salt

inquire^US

enquire^UK

put out a feeler question

feel apprehensive about

lack confidence in

have reservations

have hesitations about

puzzle over

cast doubt upon

be skeptical of

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To hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

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To come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent

antagonise^UK

antagonize^US

meet eyeball-to-eyeball

come face to face with

knock chip off shoulder

put up a fight against

throw down the gauntlet at

put a bold face on it

look straight in the eye

take the bull by the horns

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To decrease the value, character, or quality of

bastardise^UK

bastardize^US

demoralise^UK

demoralize^US

treat with disrespect

dishonour^UK

dishonor^US

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

vandalize^US

vandalise^UK

colour^UK

color^US

lower someone's status

lower someone's dignity

dehumanize^US

desensitize^US

dehumanise^UK

desensitise^UK

commit sacrilege against

take the Lord's name in vain

discolour^UK

discolor^US

slip a Mickey Finn into

mix something with something

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

drive a nail into the coffin of

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