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| 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*, look down on*, nix*, pass by, rebuff, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, sneeze at*, snub, turn down, hold in contempt, not hear of, steer clear, turn nose up at |
| Antonyms: | embrace, want, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abstain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold back from doing |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Antonyms: | indulge, use |
| Main Entry: | boycott |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ban; refrain from using |
| Synonyms: | avoid, bar, blackball*, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, ostracize, outlaw, pass by*, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out*, snub, spurn, strike, hold aloof from, ice out, pass up, withhold patronage |
| Notes: | a boycott is an organized popular protest, while an embargo is usually imposed by a government |
| Antonyms: | buy, encourage, support, use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brush aside/brush off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore; refuse |
| Synonyms: | boycott, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, get rid of, ostracize, override, rebuff, reject, repudiate, scorn, slight, snub, spurn, cold-shoulder*, have no time for, send away, sweep aside |
| Antonyms: | attend, see, pay attention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contravene |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go against, contradict |
| Synonyms: | abjure, breach, break, combat, counteract, cross, defy, disaffirm, disobey, encroach, exclude, fight, gainsay, hinder, impugn, infringe, interfere, interpose, intrude, negate, offend, oppose, overstep, refute, reject, repudiate, resist, spurn, thwart, transgress, traverse, trespass, violate, conflict with, infract |
| Antonyms: | agree, aid, allow, approve, assent, assist, concur, consent, endorse, help, permit, uphold |
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break from belief, faith |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abscond, back out, break faith*, depart, desert, forsake, go, go over, lapse, leave, pull out, quit, rat*, rebel, reject, renege, renounce, revolt, run out, schism, sell out*, spurn, tergiversate, turn, walk out on, withdraw, apostatize, change sides, fall away from, go back on, go over the fence, take a walk, tergiverse, turn coat |
| Antonyms: | come in, join |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deny |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, renounce, decline |
| Synonyms: | abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, negate, negative, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, spurn, taboo, turn down, veto, withhold, call on, disacknowledge, enjoin from, keep back, not buy, say no to, take exception to, turn thumbs down |
| Antonyms: | accede, acknowledge, admit, affirm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, grant, go along |
| Main Entry: | despise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look down on |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, flout, hate, loathe, neglect, put down*, reject, renounce, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, slight, snub, spurn, undervalue, wipe out*, allergic to, feel contempt for, have no use for, look down nose at, misprize |
| Antonyms: | admire, appreciate, cherish, like, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disapprove |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn |
| Synonyms: | blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discountenance, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, expostulate, look down on, nix*, oppose, pan*, refuse, reject, remonstrate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, slam, spurn, turn down, veto, zing*, discommend, disesteem, dispraise, find fault with, find unacceptable, frown on, look askance at, object to, pass on, set aside, take dim view of, take exception to |
| Antonyms: | agree, approve, endorse, like, love, sanction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disclaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deny |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abjure, abnegate, belittle, contradict, contravene, criticize, decline, deprecate, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, discard, disown, disparage, forswear, gainsay, minimize, negate, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, spurn, traverse, disacknowledge, divorce oneself from, turn back on, wash hands of |
| Antonyms: | accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, claim, own |
| Main Entry: | disdain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scorn |
| Synonyms: | abhor, belittle, chill, contemn, deride, despise, disregard, hate, ignore, look down on, pooh-pooh*, put down*, refuse, reject, scout, slight, spurn, undervalue, be allergic to, look down nose at, misprize, sneer at |
| Antonyms: | admire, approve, esteem, favor, praise, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fend off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep at bay |
| Synonyms: | avert, avoid, beat off*, deflect, drive back, hold at bay, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, keep off, parry, rebuff, rebuke, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, resist, snub, spurn, stave off, turn aside, ward off |
| Antonyms: | let in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show contempt for |
| Synonyms: | affront, defy, deride, disregard, gibe, gird, insult, jeer, laugh at, mock, outrage, quip, repudiate, ridicule, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, spurn, taunt, thumb nose at |
| Antonyms: | honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | forsake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, turn one's back on |
| Synonyms: | abdicate, cast off, change one's tune, desert, disclaim, disown, drift away, forgo, forswear, give up, have done with, jettison, jilt, kiss goodbye, leave, leave flat, leave high and dry, quit, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, run out on, set aside, show the door, spurn, surrender, take the oath, throw over*, walk out on*, wash one's hands of, yield |
| Antonyms: | go back, rediscover, return, revert |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislike very strongly |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, allergic to, anathematize, be disgusted with, be hostile to, be loath, be reluctant, be repelled by, be sick of, be sorry, bear a grudge against, can't stand, contemn, curse, deprecate, deride, despise, detest, disapprove, disdain, disfavor, disparage, down on, execrate, feel malice to, have an aversion to, have enough of, have no use for, loathe, look down on, nauseate*, not care for, object to, recoil from, scorn, shudder at, shun, spit upon, spurn |
| Antonyms: | like, love |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislike strongly |
| Synonyms: | abhor, abominate, decline, despise, detest, execrate, hate, refuse, reject, repudiate, revolt, spurn, be allergic to, be down on, feel repugnance, find disgusting, have aversion to, have no use for |
| Antonyms: | like, love |
| Main Entry: | look down on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold in contempt |
| Synonyms: | abhor, contemn, despise, disdain, scorn, scout, sneer, spurn, turn nose up at |
| Antonyms: | approve, honor, laud, praise, look up to |
| Main Entry: | object |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, argue against |
| Synonyms: | balk, challenge, complain, criticize, cross, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disavow, discountenance, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, frown, gripe, grouse, inveigh, kick*, oppose, protest, rail, rant, rave, remonstrate, spurn, squawk*, storm, take on, tangle*, be displeased, crab, discommend, disesteem, go-one-on-one, make a stink, mix it up with, raise objection, sound off, take exception |
| Antonyms: | accept, agree, concur, consent, go along |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rebuff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn away; give the cold shoulder* |
| Synonyms: | beat off, brush off, check, chide, cross, cut, decline, deny, disallow, discourage, dismiss, disregard, fend off, hold off, ignore, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, keep at bay, lash out at, neglect, not hear of, oppose, pass up, push back, put in one's place, put off, rebuke, refuse, reject, repel, reprove, repudiate, repulse, resist, send away, slight, snub, spurn, stave off, tell off*, turn down, ward off |
| Antonyms: | hug, include, take in, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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