Thesaurus / despise
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Two months later, Pre died in a car crash, tragically denying him the opportunity to witness the phasing out of the amateur system he so despised.
TRACKSMITH MADE RUNNING CULTURE SOMETHING YOU CAN BUYMARTIN FRITZ HUBERJANUARY 11, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThese are questions he seems to despise, queries that demand he talk about himself.
WASHINGTON’S PLAYOFF HOPES HINGE COMPLETELY ON GETTING BACK THE STEADY HAND OF ALEX SMITHLES CARPENTERDECEMBER 31, 2020WASHINGTON POSTYou have to at least signal that you’re an “analytics” guy even if you despise it.
NFL WEEK 5 UPSETS WERE OVERSHADOWED BY DAK PRESCOTT’S AWFUL INJURYSARA ZIEGLER (SARA.ZIEGLER@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)OCTOBER 12, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTSo the man who despised nursing homes became an accountant for them, using his skills to understand the institutional forces that led to his grandmother not getting care.
HE WANTED TO FIX RURAL AMERICA’S BROKEN NURSING HOMES. NOW, TAXPAYERS MAY BE ON THE HOOK FOR $76 MILLION.BY MAX BLAU FOR GEORGIA HEALTH NEWSSEPTEMBER 22, 2020PROPUBLICAMany people will simply refuse to test themselves or their children even if the test is free, harmless, and available at home—after all, some people despise masks and social distancing.
THE CASE FOR RAPID AT-HOME COVID TESTING FOR EVERYONE - FACTS SO ROMANTICROBERT BAZELLAUGUST 5, 2020NAUTILUSI find myself chained to the foot of a woman, my noble Cornelia would despise!
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERHe professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELSJONATHAN SWIFTIt was a fatal error, for though the Spanish people might despise their King, they were intensely proud of their nationality.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONIt is not written for grave people who despise trifles and who always require to be instructed.
HONEY-BEEANATOLE FRANCEYour hostess may suppose you despise her fare, if you appear so very choice, or eat too sparingly.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYWORDS RELATED TO DESPISE
- affronts
- brushes aside
- brushes off
- condemns
- depreciates
- despises
- detests
- discounts
- disdains
- dismisses
- disregards
- has nothing to does with
- ignores
- keeps at arm's length
- keeps one's distance
- laughs off
- let goes
- lives with
- makes light of
- not cares for
- overlooks
- passes by
- passes over
- passes up
- pays no attention to
- pays no mind
- pretermits
- rebuffs
- rejects
- scants
- scorns
- shrug off
- slights
- slurs
- spurns
- tunes out
- underestimates
- burn
- cashier
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast out
- chuck
- decline
- deny
- despise
- disallow
- disbelieve
- discard
- discount
- discredit
- disdain
- dismiss
- eliminate
- exclude
- give thumbs down to
- jettison
- jilt
- kill
- nix
- not buy
- pass by
- pass on
- pass up
- put down
- rebuff
- refuse
- renounce
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- repulse
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- scrap
- second
- shed
- shoot down
- shun
- slough
- spurn
- throw away
- throw out
- turn down
- veto
- burns
- cashiers
- casts aside
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- declines
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- despises
- disallows
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- eliminates
- excludes
- gives thumbs down to
- jettisons
- jilts
- kills
- nixes
- not buys
- passes by
- passes on
- passes up
- puts down
- rebuffs
- refuses
- renounces
- repels
- reprobates
- repudiates
- repulses
- scoffs
- scorns
- scouts
- scraps
- seconds
- sheds
- shoots down
- shuns
- sloughs
- spurns
- throws away
- throws out
- turns down
- vetoes
- abhorring
- avoiding
- being above
- confuting
- considering beneath one
- contemning
- defying
- deriding
- despising
- disdaining
- disregarding
- flouting
- gibing
- hating
- ignoring
- making fun of
- mocking
- putting down
- refusing
- refuting
- rejecting
- renouncing
- repudiating
- ridiculing
- running down
- scoff at
- shunning
- slighting
- sneering
- spurning
- taunting
- trashing
- turning back on
- turning nose up at
- abhors
- avoids
- confutes
- considers beneath one
- contemns
- defies
- derides
- despises
- disdains
- disregards
- flouts
- gibes
- hates
- ignores
- is above
- makes fun of
- mocks
- puts down
- refuses
- refutes
- rejects
- renounces
- repudiates
- ridicules
- runs down
- scoff at
- shuns
- slights
- sneers
- spurns
- taunts
- trashes
- turns back on
- turns nose up at
- bilk
- cold-shoulder
- cut
- decline
- despise
- disdain
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- get around
- give a wide berth
- give the runaround
- have no part of
- have nothing to do with
- hide out
- keep away from
- keep clear of
- neglect
- palm off
- pass up
- refuse
- reject
- scorn
- shake
- shake off
- shy
- snub
- stall
- stand aloof from
- stay shy of
- steer clear of
- turn back on
- bilks
- cold-shoulders
- cuts
- declines
- despises
- disdains
- ditches
- dodges
- doubles
- ducks
- eludes
- escapes
- eschews
- evades
- gets around
- gives a wide berth
- gives the runaround
- has no part of
- has nothing to does with
- hides out
- keeps away from
- keeps clear of
- neglects
- palms off
- passes up
- refuses
- rejects
- scorns
- shakes
- shakes off
- shies
- snubs
- stalls
- stands aloof from
- stays shy of
- steers clear of
- turns back on
- affront
- blink at
- brush off
- chill
- cold-shoulder
- contemn
- cool
- cut
- despise
- discount
- disdain
- disparage
- disregard
- flout
- forget
- give the brush
- give the cold shoulder to
- ignore
- make light of
- neglect
- not give time of day
- omit
- overlook
- pooh-pooh
- reject
- scoff
- scorn
- show disrespect
- shrug off
- skip
- slur
- sneeze at
- snub
- treat with contempt
- turn deaf ear to
- upstage
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