Another word for contemn

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Verb

To regard with utter contempt and disdain

scout
To work as a scout
To search for talented people:
To search as a scout:

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1. To work as a scout
2. To search for talented people:
3. To search as a scout:
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scorn
To reject or refuse with derision:
To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity:
To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy:

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1. To reject or refuse with derision:
2. To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity:
3. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy:
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disdain
To regard or treat with haughty contempt:
To regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one's dignity; specif., to refuse or reject with aloof contempt or scorn
To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath oneself:

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1. To regard or treat with haughty contempt:
2. To regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one's dignity; specif., to refuse or reject with aloof contempt or scorn
3. To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath oneself:
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despise
To dislike intensely; loathe:
To look down on with contempt and scorn
To regard with contempt or scorn:

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1. To dislike intensely; loathe:
2. To look down on with contempt and scorn
3. To regard with contempt or scorn:
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Another word for contemn

Verb

disdain
To regard or treat with haughty contempt:
To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath oneself:
To regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one's dignity; specif., to refuse or reject with aloof contempt or scorn

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1. To regard or treat with haughty contempt:
2. To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath oneself:
3. To regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one's dignity; specif., to refuse or reject with aloof contempt or scorn
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scorn
To refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful
To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy:
To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity:

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1. To refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful
2. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy:
3. To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity:
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despise
To dislike intensely; loathe:
To look down on with contempt and scorn
To regard with contempt or scorn:

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1. To dislike intensely; loathe:
2. To look down on with contempt and scorn
3. To regard with contempt or scorn:
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