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scorn
noun as in contempt toward something
Strong matches
Weak matches
verb as in hold in contempt; look down on
Example Sentences
The tip of her tail twitched with scorn.
That might draw scorn from state regulators, whose moral flexibility on gambling tends to extend only as far as their taxing authority.
However, he has scorned the description of Opendoor as a meme stock, describing it instead as a “cult stock.”
If elected, he would be the city's first Muslim mayor and far-right Republicans have scorned a video he issued in Arabic to supporters in the famously diverse city.
In any case, simply pulling up the drawbridge, hoisting the “independence” flag, and pouring boiling scorn on the barbarians at the gate isn’t a viable response.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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