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Present participle for to feel or express contempt or disdain for

Present participle for to reject or turn down

Present participle for to ignore or disregard contemptuously

Present participle for to refuse to do something because one is too proud

Present participle for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is

Present participle for to harshly mock or ridicule

Present participle for to feel distaste for or hostility towards

Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

Present participle for to reject or refuse advocacy of

Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone

Present participle for to exercise or express disbelief or doubt

Present participle for to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

Present participle for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

Present participle for to face or confront something or someone that is hostile

Present participle for to speak with vulgar, irreverent or profane language

The act of not paying the proper care or attention to something

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Verb

Present participle for to feel or express contempt or disdain for

looking down on

treating with contempt

pouring scorn on

holding in contempt

showing contempt for

heaping scorn on

looking down upon

turning your nose up at

curling your lip at

spitting in the eye of

spitting in the face of

turning back on

look down one's nose at

regarding with contempt

holding in disdain

treating as inferior

cold-shouldering

feeling contempt for

thumbing nose at

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“They scorn him for a foreign policy that has neither mercy nor compassion.”

Verb

Present participle for to reject or turn down

cold-shouldering

giving someone the brush-off

giving the cold shoulder

giving someone the go-by

giving the brush

sending to Coventry

coldshouldering

looking down on

telling someone where to get off

turning back on

giving the bum's rush

giving the brushoff

steering clear of

giving the cold shoulder to

taking no notice of

not giving time of day

treating with contempt

turning your back on

giving someone the air

leaving out in the cold

giving someone the big E

turning your nose up at

holding in contempt

looking through

keeping at arm's length

telling someone to get lost

staying clear of

keeping one's distance from

having no part in

fighting shy of

giving a wide berth

standing aloof from

having no part of

shying away from

turning away from

keeping clear of

having nothing to do with

giving the runaround

keeping away from

giving a wide berth to

showing disrespect for

turning deaf ear to

looking down upon

treating disrespectfully

showing disrespect

making light of

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“At mealtimes, she would scorn the offer of a bedside tray, weak as she was, and walk to the dining room.”

Verb

Present participle for to ignore or disregard contemptuously

“It was to be anticipated that he would scorn the advice of Mr. Botherum, however skilfully it might have been bestowed.”

Verb

Present participle for to refuse to do something because one is too proud

refraining from

considering it beneath one

“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.”

Verb

Present participle for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is

trivialising^UK

trivializing^US

underestimating

marginalising^UK

marginalizing^US

making light of

casting aspersions on

detracting from

pouring scorn on

treating lightly

taking to pieces

dragging through the mud

picking holes in

cutting down to size

doing a hatchet job on

cutting to the quick

taking down a peg

shooting full of holes

taking a swipe at

look down one's nose at

speaking ill of

speaking badly of

pulling to pieces

discountenancing

making little of

slinging mud at

giving comeuppance

knocking off high horse

putting hooks in

finding fault with

looking down on

dishonouring^UK

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

inveighing against

railing against

stigmatizing^US

stigmatising^UK

giving a black eye

fulminating against

bringing into disrepute

giving a bad name

doing a number on

dragging through the mire

scandalizing^US

scandalising^UK

vituperating against

animadverting on

bringing discredit to

bringing shame upon

throwing brickbats at

nitpicking about

giving a bad press to

reflecting badly on

bringing shame on

flinging mud at

ripping up and down

giving some stick to

disapproving of

tarring and feathering

casting a slur on

running smear campaign

spreading scandal about

blackening the name of

throwing mud at

doing an injustice to

offending against

picking to pieces

doing the dirty on

speaking evil of

spreading lies about

sullying the reputation of

tearing to shreds

giving someone hell

tearing a strip off

doing injury to

doing a disservice to

going for the jugular

giving someone a roasting

taking advantage of

tearing to pieces

tearing off a strip

misrepresenting

treating disrespectfully

blackening the reputation of

reading the riot act

conducting a smear campaign against

hauling over the coals

finding lacking

giving a rocket

giving someone a bad press

blackening the character of

nitpicking over

passing strictures upon

passing judgment

gossiping about

getting angry with

jumping down someone's throat

taking a dig at

animadverting upon

criticizing severely

speaking of with disfavour

having a pop at

assaulting verbally

dragging someone's name through the mud

dragging through mud

disagreeing with

hurling insults at

complaining about

remonstrating with

criticizing unfairly

giving black eye

giving the business

cutting to bits

giving bad press

declaiming against

protesting against

giving something a bad press

injuring one's reputation

damaging one's good name

causing harm to

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

rapping over the knuckles

biting someone's head off

hitting where one lives

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a rollicking

jumping down one's throat

giving offence to

causing offence to

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

taking swipe at

putting in a bad light

giving someone a dressing-down

showing in a bad light

bringing into disfavour

blackening someone's name

sinning against

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Verb

Present participle for to harshly mock or ridicule

poking mullock at

making sport of

taking the mickey

treating with contempt

heaping scorn on

holding up to ridicule

pouring scorn on

taking the piss out of

detracting from

doing a number on

making jokes about

slinging off at

treating contemptuously

laughing out of court

blowing raspberries

making a fool of

making a monkey of

holding in contempt

giving Bronx cheer

looking down on

turning up one's nose

showing contempt for

making light of

thumbing nose at

holding up to shame

making a game of

showing contempt

making a monkey out of

tearing to pieces

treating with disdain

making a joke of

taking a swipe at

having a crack at

pulling one's leg

shouting disapproval

making a laughing-stock

making someone a laughing stock

exposing to ridicule

making cutting remarks about

saying contemptuously

giving a hard time

curling your lip at

turning your nose up at

making little of

holding up to scorn

expressing contempt

pulling someone's leg

poking borak at

having a joke with

misrepresenting

doing an impression of

doing a takeoff of

pulling someone's chain

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Verb

Present participle for to feel distaste for or hostility towards

discountenancing

disapproving of

disagreeing with

finding repellent

taking exception to

having no liking for

holding in disfavour

finding distasteful

finding intolerable

not appreciating

not taking kindly to

regarding with disgust

regarding with distaste

having an aversion to

looking down on

losing interest in

taking a dim view of

bearing malice toward

having hard feelings

having no stomach for

having no taste

having no taste for

having a down on

making faces at

tut-tutting about

tut-tutting over

having no use for

regarding with contempt

disliking greatly

finding unacceptable

looking askance at

look down one's nose at

having it in for

feeling hostile towards

feeling revulsion towards

feeling aversion towards

feeling malice to

bearing a grudge against

having a poor opinion of

taking dim view of

having a problem with

regarding with repugnance

feeling aversion to

feeling hostility to

feeling contempt for

feeling contempt

not standing for

viewing with disfavour

viewing with dislike

having a low opinion of

holding no brief for

turning your nose up at

looking down upon

holding in disdain

not thinking much of

treating with contempt

feeling repugnance towards

feeling repugnance

finding disgusting

having a strong aversion to

having aversion to

feeling disgust for

having a horror of

disliking intensely

feeling distaste for

feeling revulsion to

feeling repelled by

feeling hostile to

feeling hostility toward

feeling repugnance toward

feeling animosity to

feeling disgust towards

feeling aversion toward

feeling hostility towards

feeling aggrieved about

feeling bitter about

complaining about

holding against

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Verb

Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

dispensing with

giving thumbs down to

turning back on

turning deaf ear to

drawing the line at

refusing to receive

shaking one's head

discountenancing

giving the thumbs down to

giving the red light to

giving something a miss

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Verb

Present participle for to reject or refuse advocacy of

disacknowledging

washing your hands of

refusing to recognize

refusing to abide by

Verb

Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone

excommunicating

disfellowshipping

disfellowshiping

cold-shouldering

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

coldshouldering

refusing to abide by

refusing to recognize

giving the cold shoulder to

holding aloof from

washing your hands of

placing an embargo on

imposing sanctions

refraining from

steering clear of

abstaining from

turning your back on

staying away from

withholding patronage

refusing to take part in

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Verb

Present participle for to exercise or express disbelief or doubt

Verb

Present participle for to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

stigmatising^UK

stigmatizing^US

railing against

inveighing against

taking to pieces

giving a talking-to

raking over the coals

vituperating against

laying down the law

casting a slur on

remonstrating with

hauling over the coals

reading the riot act

giving a rocket

giving someone a roasting

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a bollocking

tearing off a strip

fulminating against

tearing a strip off

looking askance

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone hell

finding fault with

giving someone a dressing-down

pulling to pieces

letting someone have it

casting aspersions on

giving someone a telling-off

giving someone a wigging

giving someone what for

giving someone an earful

pouring scorn on

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone a row

giving someone a rating

giving someone a caning

animadverting on

picking holes in

nitpicking about

giving someone some stick

giving a bad press to

throwing brickbats at

giving some stick to

putting on the mat

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

disapproving of

slapping someone's wrist

jumping down one's throat

calling on the carpet

doing a hatchet job on

tearing to shreds

criticizing severely

giving the business

taking to the woodshed

giving a bad name

bringing into disrepute

spreading lies about

throwing mud at

finding lacking

giving a piece of one's mind

sullying the reputation of

bringing to book

blackening the reputation of

speaking evil of

passing strictures upon

tearing to pieces

protesting against

doing a number on

nitpicking over

picking to pieces

climbing all over

biting someone's head off

conducting a smear campaign against

animadverting upon

passing judgment

dragging through the mud

speaking ill of

blackening the name of

speaking badly of

giving a tongue-lashing

getting angry with

raking over coals

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

calling to account

criticizing harshly

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving the dickens

lowering the boom

calling over the coals

jumping all over

criticizing hatefully

giving one hell

giving someone a carpeting

giving piece of mind

giving going-over

snapping someone's head off

pointing the finger

giving comeuppance

giving the devil

dishonouring^UK

calling to task

expressing disapproval of

cutting to bits

complaining about

giving bad press

throwing the book at

strongly criticizing

rapping on knuckles

coming down hard on

telling a thing or two

giving someone stick

giving a going over

slapping on wrist

drawing the line

coming down on like a ton of bricks

underestimating

taking swipe at

giving a black eye

erupting with anger

keeping nothing back

jumping down someone's throat

having someone on the carpet

declaiming against

giving something a bad press

mouthing off about

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

vociferating about

ranting and raving

hurling insults at

rapping across the knuckles

severely reprimanding

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Verb

Present participle for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

Verb

Present participle for to face or confront something or someone that is hostile

mustering courage

running the gauntlet

knocking chip off shoulder

stepping over the line

meeting head-on

coming to grips

coming face to face with

going one-on-one

coming up against

getting to grips

going up against

standing up against

competing against

putting up with

contending with

doing battle with

prevailing against

standing your ground

meeting eyeball-to-eyeball

calling someone's bluff

skirmishing with

meeting head on

flying in face of

facing off against

struggling against

holding your own

staying the course

sticking to your guns

holding the line against

persevering in the face of

going the distance against

sitting through

subjecting oneself to

bearing the brunt of

grinning and bear

resigning oneself to

taking up the gauntlet

striving against

waging war against

flying in the face of

sitting and taking it

contending against

taking up arms against

crossing swords with

accepting a challenge

bracing oneself for

squaring off against

throwing down the gauntlet

getting into conflict with

struggling with

scrimmaging with

coming to blows with

shooting it out with

putting up a fight

fighting back against

warring against

locking horns with

submitting oneself to

coming to grips with

playing against

looking straight in the eye

coming into conflict with

contenting against

taking one up on

taking the bull by the horns

crossing swords

going up against in contest

going head to head

pitting oneself against

going eyeball to eyeball with

going toe to toe with

going one on one with

beginning battle with

holding out against

bearing up against

taking a chance with

taking a chance on

taking the plunge

standing firm against

entering into combat with

mounting an attack on

holding your ground

putting up struggle

taking a plunge

taking a chance

taking a header

cross-examining

coming to close quarters with

joining battle with

giving battle to

going on a rampage

discussing something with

remonstrating with

initiating a discussion with

taking a stand against

treating with contempt

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Verb

Present participle for to speak with vulgar, irreverent or profane language

Noun

The act of not paying the proper care or attention to something

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