(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you treat someone or something with ~, you show contempt for them.
Researchers greeted the proposal with ~...
= contempt
N-UNCOUNT: oft with N, N for n
2.
If you ~ someone or something, you feel or show contempt for them.
Several leading officers have quite openly ~ed the peace talks...
VERB: V n
3.
If you ~ something, you refuse to have it or accept it because you think it is not good enough or suitable for you.
...people who ~ed traditional methods.
VERB: V n
4.
If you pour ~ on someone or something or heap ~ on them, you say that you think they are stupid and worthless.
It is fashionable these days to pour ~ on those in public life...
He used to heap ~ on Dr Vazquez’s socialist ideas.
= deride
PHRASE: V inflects