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(n)
(uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
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(v)
To regard with contempt or scorn.
(transitive, dated) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
Something that is rejected.
(idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
(transitive) To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.
reject with contempt
Act of treating with disdain.
Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
(uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
The act by which something is flouted.
(rare) Lack of courage
An unfair criticism.
Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power; refusing to give up.
The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.
The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.
The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).
The opposite.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
The act of trampling someone or something, an instance of trampling.
The act of disparaging, of belittling.
The state or quality of being disdainful.
Hate coupled with disgust; abhorrence.
A feeling of dislike, aversion or antipathy.
Abhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
The quality of being scornful.
The state of being contemptuous
(uncountable, countable) Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
(adj)
Conspicuously short.
The act of one who spurns.
Minor; small in amount
(uncountable) Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy.
Lack of esteem; disregard.
A lack or absence of respect, reverence, or courteous behaviour; disrespect; disesteem.
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
(idiomatic) Mutual dislike or animosity.
(uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
(rare) Absence of condescension; an uncondescending manner.
The state of being indifferent.
(rare) Displeasure; dislike.
Lack of spite.
(psychoanalysis) alexithymia, a neurological condition characterized by severe lack of emotional awareness
Lack or absence of desire; desirelessness.
An absence of interest (attention or curiosity).
The loss of confidence or enthusiasm.
Lack of sympathy; indifference.
The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
Lack or want of dread; dreadlessness.
A lack or absence of gratitude; thanklessness.
That causes or communicates despondency; disheartening or despondent.
The lack or absence of pity; pitilessness; ruthlessness.
The lack, absence, or omission of love; lovelessness; enmity; neglect; hate.
Lack of worship or respect; dishonour; failure or refusal to worship; irreverence.
A denial of knowledge, relationship, or responsibility towards something or someone.
Lack of regard; heedlessness.
(uncountable) Lack of value; valuelessness; worthlessness
(archaic) Lack of devotion; impiety; irreligion.
Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.
Lack of sympathy.
(obsolete) A lack of strong feeling; indifference.
(rare) Absence of conceit; an unconceited attitude.
(rare, nonstandard) Absence or lack of favor.
(obsolete) Absence or difference of belief; disbelief.
(archaic) The act of ignoring something.
Lack or absence of compassion; compassionlessness.
(uncountable) The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure.
(rare) A lack of impression; the state of being unimpressed.
Lack of appreciation; failure to appreciate; ingratitude.
The lack, absence, or omission of hate; hatelessness; love.
A mood or display of despair.
disavowal
Lack of interest or care; indifference or apathy.
(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
Absence or lack of devotion.
(countable) An amount of space between points (often geographical points), usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.
(often slang) Social advantage or enviability, typically due to traits like popularity, confidence, skill, or fashion.
The lack or absence of honour; dishonour.
(obsolete) Lack of compassion.
The lack or absence of affection; affectionlessness.
Lack of interest; indifference.
A lack of enmity.
Lack of trust or confidence.
Alienation; loss of loyalty.
Lack of honour.
(archaic or poetic) A lack of ruth; mercilessness, pitilessness.
(obsolete) Loss of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.
Absence of rancour.
The state or condition of being forsaken.
Negative sentiment.