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3
sneer(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, slight)
2
belittle(verb, slight, scorn, crack, condemn)
2
contemn(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, slight)
2
decry(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
2
deride(verb, slight, scorn, condemn, mock)
2
despise(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, slight)
2
disdain(verb, reject, slight, scorn, condemn)
2
disparage(verb, slight, scorn, condemn, mock)
2
insult(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
2
misprize(verb, scorn, spurn, despise)
2
put down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, scorn, condemn)
2
ridicule(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
2
scorn(verb, reject, slight, condemn, mock)
2
slight(verb, reject, disregard, scorn, condemn)
2
sneer at(verb, expression, scorn, spurn, despise)
2
sneeze at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject, disregard)
2
sniff at(verb, expression, scorn, condemn, mock)
2
taunt(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
1
affront(verb, scorn, condemn, mock, belittle)
1
air(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, slight)
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