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Verb

To reject with disdain or contempt

To not accept or engage in

To feel or express contempt or disdain for

To show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone

To disregard and treat as unworthy of serious consideration

To feel an intense dislike for

To fail to conform to a regulation or obligation

To express one's opposition to or disagreement with something

To belittle or express disapproval of

To abandon one's country or cause, typically in favor of an opposing one

Plural for an act or alienating or turning someone away

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To reject with disdain or contempt

gives someone the brush-off

gives the brush

cold-shoulders

gives someone the go-by

tells someone where to get off

turns your nose up at

gives the cold shoulder

ostracizes^US

ostracises^UK

looks straight through

gives the cold shoulder to

puts aside

acts cool

refuses to acknowledge

keeps at arm's length

hands someone the frozen mitt

puts out of your mind

treats disrespectfully

minimizes^US

trivializes^US

disfavors^US

disfavours^UK

trivialises^UK

minimises^UK

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“When he attempted a closer relationship between them, she seemed to spurn his advances yet again.”

Verb

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To not accept or engage in

has nothing to do with

gives something a miss

reneges

ostracizes^US

gives a wide berth to

packs in

gives the thumbs down to

ostracises^UK

gives the cold shoulder to

gives someone the brush-off

keeps one's distance from

has nothing more to do with

cuts dead

gives someone the go-by

gives the thumbs down

gives the red light to

gives the cold shoulder

tells someone to get lost

tells someone where to get off

lets well enough alone

gets around

keeps out

leaves out in the cold

refuses to take advantage of

lets go by

keeps

looks down one's nose at

opts out of

curbs

fails to take advantage of

gives someone the push

gives someone the big E

gives someone the air

refuses to take part in

shoots down in flames

has no more truck with

refuses to acknowledge

lays aside

flies in the face of

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“You are perfectly at liberty, of course, to keep your own counsel and to spurn all offers of help.”

Verb

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To feel or express contempt or disdain for

turns your nose up at

looks down one's nose at

regards with contempt

takes the piss out of

treats with disdain

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To show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone

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To disregard and treat as unworthy of serious consideration

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To feel an intense dislike for

disfavors^US

disfavours^UK

dislikes greatly

feels hostile towards

finds intolerable

regards with disgust

bears a grudge against

feels aversion towards

feels malice to

feels revulsion towards

objects to

regards with contempt

feels repugnance towards

has a strong aversion to

regards with distaste

turns your nose up at

looks down one's nose at

regards with repugnance

has a poor opinion of

feels hostility towards

feels hostility toward

feels animosity to

downs on

feels aversion toward

feels disgust towards

feels repugnance toward

feels aggrieved about

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To fail to conform to a regulation or obligation

sets your face against

kicks over the traces

comes out against

refuses to accept the authority of

balks^US

baulks^UK

takes law into own hands

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To express one's opposition to or disagreement with something

expresses disagreement

expresses disapproval

expresses objections to

expresses disagreement with

expresses disapproval of

gripes

grumbles

lodges a protest against

takes a stand against

baulks^UK

balks^US

beefs about

challenges

crabs

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

kicks up a fuss about

kicks up a stink about

Verb

To belittle or express disapproval of

minimises^UK

minimizes^US

trivialises^UK

trivializes^US

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

does a hatchet job on

drags through the mud

Verb

To abandon one's country or cause, typically in favor of an opposing one

Noun

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Plural for an act or alienating or turning someone away

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