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  • 101scorn — [skôrn] n. [ME < OFr escharn < escharnir, to scorn < Gmc base akin to OHG skernon, to mock, scern, a joke < IE base * (s)ker , to leap, jump about > Gr skairein, to jump, dance] 1. extreme, often indignant, contempt for someone or… …

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  • 102disagreeable person — noun a person who is not pleasant or agreeable • Syn: ↑unpleasant person • Hypernyms: ↑unwelcome person, ↑persona non grata • Hyponyms: ↑aggravator, ↑annoyance, ↑ …

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  • 103freeze off — verb reject with contempt She spurned his advances • Syn: ↑reject, ↑spurn, ↑scorn, ↑pooh pooh, ↑disdain, ↑turn down • Derivationally related forms: ↑turndow …

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  • 104scorn — n. & v. n. 1 disdain, contempt, derision. 2 an object of contempt etc. (the scorn of all onlookers). v.tr. 1 hold in contempt or disdain. 2 (often foll. by to + infin.) abstain from or refuse to do as unworthy (scorns lying; scorns to lie).… …

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  • 105turn down — verb 1. refuse to accept (Freq. 5) He refused my offer of hospitality • Syn: ↑refuse, ↑reject, ↑pass up, ↑decline • Ant: ↑accept ( …

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  • 106unpleasant person — noun a person who is not pleasant or agreeable • Syn: ↑disagreeable person • Hypernyms: ↑unwelcome person, ↑persona non grata • Hyponyms: ↑aggravator, ↑annoyance, ↑ …

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  • 107REBUKE AND REPROOF — (Heb. tokhaḥah), admonition and chastisement for the purpose of restraint or correction. The biblical source for the duty to rebuke the wrongdoer is: You shall not hate your kinsman in your heart. Reprove your neighbor, but incur no guilt because …

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