- contemn, despise, scorn, disdain - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
--1 is one way to hate, detest
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun scorn2, noun scorn1, noun scorner1
Sam cannot scorn Sue
- reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
--2 is one way to refuse, decline
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun scorner1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody