treat with derision

treat with derision
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  • treat with contempt — treat disrespectfully, treat rudely, treat with derision …   English contemporary dictionary

  • derision — [[t]dɪrɪ̱ʒ(ə)n[/t]] N UNCOUNT If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them. He tried to calm them, but was greeted with shouts of derision. Syn: disdain …   English dictionary

  • To make free with — make make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • List of Married... with Children characters — This is a list of characters in Married... with Children. The show revolves around Al Bundy, his wife Peggy, children Kelly and Bud, their next door neighbor Marcy, and her husband Steve Rhoades who leaves in Season 4 and is eventually replaced… …   Wikipedia

  • mock — I (deride) verb chaff, dericiere, disparage, fleer, flout, gibe, heckle, hold in derision, hold up to ridicule, hoot, inridere, insult, jeer, joke about, lampoon, laugh at, ludibrio, make a butt of, make a fool of, make fun of, poke fun at, rag,… …   Law dictionary

  • scorn — skÉ”rn /skɔːn n. derision, ridicule, mockery; target of mockery, object of ridicule v. ridicule, mock, deride; reject with contempt; treat with derision, treat with contempt …   English contemporary dictionary

  • scorned — skÉ”rn /skɔːn n. derision, ridicule, mockery; target of mockery, object of ridicule v. ridicule, mock, deride; reject with contempt; treat with derision, treat with contempt …   English contemporary dictionary

  • scorning — skÉ”rn /skɔːn n. derision, ridicule, mockery; target of mockery, object of ridicule v. ridicule, mock, deride; reject with contempt; treat with derision, treat with contempt …   English contemporary dictionary

  • scorns — skÉ”rn /skɔːn n. derision, ridicule, mockery; target of mockery, object of ridicule v. ridicule, mock, deride; reject with contempt; treat with derision, treat with contempt …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Pooh-pooh — v. t. To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh! [Colloq.] Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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