Category: Treat as Inferior

Question 1

Scorn

Answer 1

(v. ) feel or express contempt or derision for; reject something in a contemptuous way; refuse to do something because one is too proud
(n. ) the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt; a person viewed with scorn

Question 2

Derision

Answer 2

(n.) contemptuous ridicule or mockery

Question 3

Disdain

Answer 3

(n. ) the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect
(v. ) consider to be unworthy of one’s consideration

Question 4

Contempt

Answer 4

(n.) the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn; the offense of being disobedient to or disrespectful of a court of law and its officers

Question 5

Degrade

Answer 5

(v.) treat or reward (someone) with contempt or disrespect; breakdown or deteriorate chemically

Question 6

Degrading

Answer 6

(adj.) causing humiliation

Question 7

Ridicule

Answer 7

(n. ) the subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior
(v. ) subject (someone or something) to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior

Question 8

Mockery

Answer 8

(n.) teasing or contemptuous language or behavior directed at a particular person or thing; an absurd misrepresentation or imitation of something

Question 9

Scoff

Answer 9

(v. ) speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way
(n. ) an expression of scornful derision

Question 10

Denigrate

Answer 10

(v.) criticize unfairly; disparage

Question 11

Disparage

Answer 11

(v.) regard or represent as being of little worth

Question 12

Disparaging

Answer 12

(adj. ) expressive a low opinion of

(adj. ) insulting; ridiculing

Question 13

Spurn

Answer 13

(v.) reject with disdain or contempt

Question 14

Repudiate

Answer 14

(v.) refuse or accept or be associated with; deny the truth or validity of

Question 15

Rebuff

Answer 15

(v. ) reject (someone or something) in an abrupt and ungracious manner
(n. ) an abrupt or ungracious refusal or rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture