scorn

Noun

• open disrespect for a person or thing

• lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  • he was held in contempt
    
  • the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
    

Verb

• reject with contempt
  • She spurned his advances
    

• look down on with disdain
  • He despises the people he has to work for
    
  • The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  contempt , disdain , despite , reject , spurn , freeze off , pooh-pooh , turn down , contemn , despise