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• reproach — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
• censure — If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
• condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
• abhor — If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons.
• detest — If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• criticize — If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
• disrespect — Lack of respect or courtesy.
• mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
• depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
• insult — to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
• ridicule — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
• deride — If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
• disbelieve — to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• disapprove — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
• protest — an expression or declaration of objection, disapproval, or dissent, often in opposition to something a person is powerless to prevent or avoid: a protest against increased taxation.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• disagree — to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
• belittle — If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
• degrade — Something that degrades someone causes people to have less respect for them.
• disgrace — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
• castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
• humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
• shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
• forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
• debase — To debase something means to reduce its value or quality.
• lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
• betray — If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
• disobey — Fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority).
• blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
• despise — If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
• dislike — to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
• hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.