29
scorn(noun, verb, hold, drop, reject)
26
disdain(verb, drop, reject, disregard, respect)
24
despise(verb, drop, reject, disregard, dismiss)
15
hate(verb, activity, state, reject, disregard)
14
disregard(verb, drop, reject, dismiss, slight)
14
spurn(verb, drop, reject, disregard, turn)
11
disparage(verb, charge, reject, fail, slight)
11
slight(verb, reject, disregard, fail, criticize)
10
deride(verb, drop, reject, disregard, criticize)
8
dislike(verb, mind, scorn, condemn, avoid)
8
dismiss(verb, reject, disregard, slight, scorn)
8
flout(verb, drop, reject, disregard, slight)
8
look down on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, hold)
8
reject(verb, drop, disregard, dismiss, slight)
7
ignore(verb, reject, disregard, neglect, scorn)
7
neglect(noun, verb, reject, slight, ignore)
7
put down(verb, expression, reject, disregard, criticize)
7
ridicule(verb, drop, reject, disregard, slight)
6
abhor(verb, reject, disregard, ignore, neglect)
6
censure(verb, charge, slight, criticize, scorn)
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