transitive. To treat (a person or thing) disparagingly or with disdain; to slight, despise.

†to bring,†drive to scorn, to shame, disgrace; †to do (a person) scorn, to insult; †to get the scorn (Scottish), to be treated with contumely; †to hol…

To disregard, to treat with contempt. Obsolete.

transitive. To exhibit contempt for; to treat with contempt in word or action. Obsolete.

transitive. To treat lightly, despise, scorn (a person or thing). Obsolete.

transitive. To express or show contempt for, treat with contempt, set at nought; to do despite to.

transitive. To treat with indignity.

to make a mumming of: to treat with levity or contempt. Obsolete. rare.

To treat with contempt, set at naught (after Latin flocci facere); also absol. Cf. flock, n.2 1. Obsolete.

To utter false or malicious reports of (a person's) conduct; to slander, to charge slanderously (†with). Now somewhat rare. In early use also †to…

to make coarse account of: to make small account of, treat slightingly. Obsolete.

transitive. To have no regard for; to despise, disregard.

transitive. To treat with contempt, domineer over; to look down on. Obsolete.

An utterance of ‘pish’ †to make a pish at (also of): to treat with contempt; to make light of.

An utterance of ‘push’ (sense B.). to make a push at: to treat with disdain; = to make a pish at at pish, n. 1.

to bite by the nose: to treat with contempt. Obsolete.

To make a contemptuous puffing gesture with the lips, to puff in scorn, to ‘pooh’. Obsolete. transitive. To treat contemptuously.

intransitive. To show great contempt or scorn towards; to humiliate; (sometimes) spec. to inflict a humiliating defeat on (an opponent), to be…

to make wash-way of, with: to make light of, make short work of. Cf. wash-work, n. 1.

intransitive with on, upon, over. figurative. To treat with contempt; to violate the claims or rights of; to domineer or tyrannize over; †to encroach…

To treat with arrogance or contempt.

transitive. To snub; to treat scornfully. Also absol.

With emphasis on the gait or pace. intransitive. To win a contest easily or without effort, in various phrases.

intransitive. U.S. colloquial. To treat with contempt, humiliate; to push (a person) around.

transitive. To snub; to treat scornfully or with disdain. U.S.

To treat unfairly or harshly; to cheat, deceive; to take advantage of; to slight, reject. slang (originally and chiefly North American).