The feeling of despising

• disdain

  1. (Uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
  2. The feeling, attitude, or expression of disdaining; aloof contempt or scorn
  3. A feeling or show of contempt and aloofness; scorn.

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  1. (Uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
  2. The feeling, attitude, or expression of disdaining; aloof contempt or scorn
  3. A feeling or show of contempt and aloofness; scorn.

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• despite

  1. Contemptuous defiance or disregard.
  2. (Archaic) Contempt; scorn
  3. Spite; malice:

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  1. Contemptuous defiance or disregard.
  2. (Archaic) Contempt; scorn
  3. Spite; malice:

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• despisal

  1. Contempt; scornful hatred

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  1. Contempt; scornful hatred

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• contempt

  1. The feeling or attitude of one who looks down on somebody or something as being low, mean, or unworthy; scorn
  2. Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
  3. The state of being despised or dishonored:

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  1. The feeling or attitude of one who looks down on somebody or something as being low, mean, or unworthy; scorn
  2. Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.
  3. The state of being despised or dishonored:

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To regard with utter contempt and disdain

• scout

  1. To work as a scout
  2. To search for talented people:
  3. 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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• disdain

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

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

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• despise

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

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

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• contemn

  1. To view with contempt; despise.
  2. (Chiefly Literary) To treat or think of with contempt; scorn

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  1. To view with contempt; despise.
  2. (Chiefly Literary) To treat or think of with contempt; scorn

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To treat with scorn

• disdain

  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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  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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• despise

  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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  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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• hold in contempt

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To refuse as a matter of principle

• renounce

  1. To give up, relinquish, or reject something.
  2. To decide or declare that one will no longer engage in (a practice) or use (something):
  3. To give up (a title or possession, for example), especially by formal announcement.

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  1. To give up, relinquish, or reject something.
  2. To decide or declare that one will no longer engage in (a practice) or use (something):
  3. To give up (a title or possession, for example), especially by formal announcement.

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• shun

  1. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with:
  2. To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor
  3. To avoid, especially persistently.

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  1. To refuse to accept socially; avoid having social contact with:
  2. To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor
  3. To avoid, especially persistently.

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• avoid

  1. To stay clear of; go around or away from:
  2. To prevent from happening:
  3. To refrain from using, engaging in, or partaking of:

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  1. To stay clear of; go around or away from:
  2. To prevent from happening:
  3. To refrain from using, engaging in, or partaking of:

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• turn the back upon

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• reject

  1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
  2. To refuse to give sufficient parental affection or care to (a child or young animal).
  3. To refuse to take, agree to, accede to, use, believe, etc.

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  1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
  2. To refuse to give sufficient parental affection or care to (a child or young animal).
  3. To refuse to take, agree to, accede to, use, believe, etc.

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• repudiate

  1. To deny the truth of (a charge, etc.)
  2. To refuse to accept or support; deny the validity or authority of (a belief, a treaty, etc.)
  3. To disown (a child, for example).

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  1. To deny the truth of (a charge, etc.)
  2. To refuse to accept or support; deny the validity or authority of (a belief, a treaty, etc.)
  3. To disown (a child, for example).

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• spurn

  1. To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting
  2. To reject something contemptuously.
  3. To refuse or reject with contempt or disdain; scorn

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  1. To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting
  2. To reject something contemptuously.
  3. To refuse or reject with contempt or disdain; scorn

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• defy

  1. To resist completely in a baffling way
  2. To be beyond the application or scope of; be contrary or resistant to:
  3. To challenge or dare (someone) to do something:

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  1. To resist completely in a baffling way
  2. To be beyond the application or scope of; be contrary or resistant to:
  3. To challenge or dare (someone) to do something:

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• flout

  1. To mock or scoff at; show scorn or contempt for
  2. To express contempt for the rules by word or action.
  3. To ignore or disregard (a rule or convention, for example) in an open or defiant way:

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  1. To mock or scoff at; show scorn or contempt for
  2. To express contempt for the rules by word or action.
  3. To ignore or disregard (a rule or convention, for example) in an open or defiant way:

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• ignore

  1. (Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence
  2. To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider

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  1. (Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence
  2. To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider

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