Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid, ignore |
| Synonyms: | bilk, cold-shoulder, cut, decline, despise, disdain, ditch*, dodge, double, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, give a wide berth, give the runaround, have no part of, have nothing to do with, hide out, keep away from, keep clear of, neglect, palm off, pass up, refuse, reject, scorn, shake, shake off, shy, snub, stall, stand aloof from, stay shy of, steer clear of, turn back on |
| Antonyms: | accept, face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offend, insult |
| Synonyms: | affront, blink at, brush off, chill, contemn, cool*, cut*, despise, discount, disdain, disparage, disregard, fail, flout, forget, give the brush, give the cold shoulder to, ignore, make light of, neglect, not give time of day, omit, overlook, pooh-pooh, reject, scoff, scorn, show disrespect, shrug off, skip, slur, sneeze at, snub, treat with contempt, turn deaf ear to, upstage |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mock, condemn |
| Synonyms: | affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack, curl one's lip at, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam, slight, smile, sneeze at, sniff at, snigger, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | snub |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give someone the cold shoulder |
| Synonyms: | act cool, boycott, brush off, burr, censure, chill, cool, cut, cut dead, disdain, disregard, duck, give the brush, humble, humiliate, ice out, ice*, ignore, look coldly upon, look right through, mortify, neglect, not give time of day, offend, ostracize, pass up, put down, put the chill on, rebuff, scold, scorn, scratch, shame, shun, slight, slur, snob, swank, upstage |
| Antonyms: | be friendly, include, socialize, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spurn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn away; ignore |
| Synonyms: | air, contemn, cut, decline, despise, disapprove, disdain, dismiss, disregard, drop, dump, flout, flush*, give the cold shoulder, hold in contempt, look down on, nix, not hear of, pass by, rebuff, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, sneeze at, snub, steer clear, turn down, turn nose up at |
| Antonyms: | embrace, want, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | taunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke, reproach; tease |
| Synonyms: | affront, bother, deride, dig*, disdain, dump on, flout, insult, jab, jeer, lout, mock, offend, outrage, put down, quiz, rally, revile, ridicule, scoff at, scorn, scout, slam*, slap, sneer, swipe at, tantalize, torment, twitter, upbraid |
| Notes: | taunt meant to mock or tease someone; taut means tightly stretched or tense |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vitriol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bitterness |
| Synonyms: | acrimoniousness, contempt, disdain, hatefulness, hostility, malevolence, maliciousness, nastiness, sarcasm, venom, virulence |
| Main Entry: | contumely |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | insult |
| Synonyms: | abuse, arrogance, contempt, disdain, humiliation, ing, insolence, remark, reproach, rudeness, scorn |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery |
| Main Entry: | contemn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | despise |
| Synonyms: | disdain, hate, scorn |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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