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To regard with dislike or aversion; to disapprove; to disrelish.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the a…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

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A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

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The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteemed mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

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A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.