treat+with+scorn
31ride roughshod over — {v. phr.} To do as you wish without considering the wishes of (another person); treat with scorn or lack of courtesy; show no sympathy for. * /The city officials rode roughshod over the people who did not want their homes torn down for a new… …
32scout — scout1 /skowt/, n. 1. a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering. 2. a person sent out to obtain information. 3. Sports. a. a person who observes and reports on the techniques, players, etc., of opposing teams. b. a person… …
33condemn, contemn — The first of these words means to censure, to express disapproval of, to judge unfit : His guilty looks condemn him. If the appraisers condemn the ship, it will be sold for scrap metal. Condemn also means to acquire ownership for a public purpose …
34ride\ rough-shod\ over — v. phr. To do as you wish without considering the wishes of (another person); treat with scorn or lack of courtesy; show no sympathy for. The city officials rode roughshod over the people who did not want their homes torn down for a new school.… …
35ride\ roughshod\ over — v. phr. To do as you wish without considering the wishes of (another person); treat with scorn or lack of courtesy; show no sympathy for. The city officials rode roughshod over the people who did not want their homes torn down for a new school.… …
36trample — v. a. 1. Tread upon, tread under foot, trample on, crush. 2. Tread down, prostrate by treading. 3. Treat with scorn, spurn …
37trample — v 1. tramp, tread or step heavily, trudge. See tramp(def. 1). 2.Usu. trample on or upon or over tread roughly, tramp on, stamp. See tramp(def. 2). 3.Usu. trample on or upon or over violate, hurt, do violence to; infringe on, encroach on, trench… …
38mock — To deride, to laugh at, to ridicule, to treat with scorn and contempt …
39mock — To deride, to laugh at, to ridicule, to treat with scorn and contempt …
40mock — To deride; to laugh at; to ridicule; to treat with scorn and contempt. State v Warner, 34 Conn 276, 279. To imitate in fun or jest …
