hold+in+contempt

  • 71spurn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. flout, scout, reject, repudiate, repel, contemn, scorn, disdain; kick. See contempt, disrespect. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. refuse, reject, despise, disdain, look down on, hold in contempt; see also… …

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  • 72disesteem — n. scorn, contempt, lack of regard v. scorn, hold in contempt …

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  • 73disesteemed — n. scorn, contempt, lack of regard v. scorn, hold in contempt …

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  • 74disesteeming — n. scorn, contempt, lack of regard v. scorn, hold in contempt …

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  • 75disesteems — n. scorn, contempt, lack of regard v. scorn, hold in contempt …

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  • 76disdain — I. v. a. Despise, contemn, scout, scorn, spurn, look down upon, hold in contempt, consider beneath notice. II. n. Scorn, contempt, contumely, haughtiness, superciliousness, arrogance, hauteur …

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  • 77scorn — I. v. a. Contemn, despise, disdain, scout, spurn, disregard, slight, hold in contempt. II. v. n. Disdain. III. n. 1. Contempt, disdain, derision, mockery, slight, sneer. 2. Mockery, derision, scoff …

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  • 78disdain — v 1. scorn, contemn, hold in contempt, revile; misprize, consider beneath oneself, spurn, spit upon, curl one s lip at; despise, hate, detest, loathe, abhor; reproach, deprecate, disparage; deride, ridicule, laugh at, poke fun at, make fun of. 2 …

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  • 79scorn — n 1. disdain, contempt, contemptuousness, scornfulness, contumely, opprobrium; insolence, arrogance, haughtiness; deprecation, disparagement, belittling. 2. derision, sneering, scoffing, jeering, mockery, mocking, taunting, flouting, gibing, twit …

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  • 80spurn — v 1. reject, refuse, repudiate, turn away, cast out, cast aside, turn down Sl. give thumbs down to, slam the door in [m1] [s.o. s] face; scorn, slur, rebuff, disregard, ignore, snub; brush off, cut Inf. give [s.o.] the cold shoulder Inf. cold… …

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