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Another word for scorn

scorn Synonyms

scorn

v.

To treat with scorn
hold in contempt, despise, disdain; see despise, hate 1.
To refuse as a matter of principle
ignore, flout, defy, spurn, repudiate, reject, turn the back upon, avoid, shun, renounce; see also confute, refuse, refute.
Antonyms acknowledge*, accept, welcome. See syn. study at despise.despise.

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Another word for scorn

noun

The feeling of despising:

contempt, despisal, despite, disdain. See respect

verb

To regard with utter contempt and disdain:

contemn, despise, disdain, scout². Idioms: have no use for, look down on (or upon). See respect

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This scorn was not offensive to his master.
His tactics would never earn anything but scorn from Kris, but they worked.
The good knight is bound to endless fantastic courtesies towards men and still more towards women of a certain rank; he may treat all below that rank with any decree of scorn and cruelty.
"Of course not," added Jim, with a touch of scorn; "those little wooden legs of yours are not half as long as my own."
The word is of Armenian formation and signifies a son of Paulik or of little Paul; the termination -ik must here have originally expressed scorn and contempt.

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