A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
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One who sneers.
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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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To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
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To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
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One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion.
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