3
recalcitrancy(noun, resist, resistance, spite, stubbornness)
3
ridicule(noun, disregard, scorn, dislike, hatred)
3
spitefulness(noun, hatred, hate, hostility, antagonism)
3
spleen(noun, hatred, hate, hostility, antagonism)
2
affront(noun, act, order, attack, slight)
2
derision(noun, disregard, slight, abuse, scorn)
2
discourtesy(noun, slight, abuse, scorn, shame)
2
disregard(noun, scorn, dislike, disrespect, disdain)
2
after all(expression, adverb, yet, regardless, however)
2
arrogance(noun, scorn, dislike, hatred, disrespect)
2
aside
2
aspersion(noun, slight, abuse, scorn, shame)
2
at any cost(expression, idiom, adverb, regardless, nevertheless)
2
at any rate(expression, idiom, adverb, yet, regardless)
2
audacity(noun, order, disregard, scorn, command)
2
aversion(noun, disregard, scorn, dislike, hatred)
2
boldness(noun, order, scorn, command, call)
2
brazenness(noun, order, scorn, command, call)
2
come what may(expression, idiom, adverb, regardless, nevertheless)
2
contemptuousness(noun, scorn, disrespect, disdain, spite)
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