8
shun(verb, decline, reject, disregard, dismiss)
7
look down on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, hold)
7
misprize(verb, scorn, look, hate, spurn)
7
sneeze at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, slight)
6
dismiss(verb, decline, reject, disregard, abandon)
6
put down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject)
6
repudiate(verb, drop, decline, reject, disregard)
6
ridicule(noun, verb, drop, reject, disregard)
5
belittle(verb, scorn, disparage, humble, degrade)
5
condemn(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon)
5
demean(verb, humble, degrade, humiliate, debase)
5
deprecate(verb, reject, scorn, dislike, avoid)
5
eschew(verb, reject, ignore, neglect, mind)
5
feel contempt for(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, scorn)
5
ignore(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon)
5
look down upon(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb)
5
overlook(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, abandon)
5
rebuff(verb, decline, reject, disregard, dismiss)
5
refuse(verb, decline, reject, disregard, dismiss)
5
renounce(verb, decline, reject, disregard, dismiss)
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