think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate &c. 483; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at &c. (unimportance) 643; set at naught, laugh in one’s sleeve, laugh up one’s sleeve, snap one’s fingers at, shrug one’s shoulders, turn up one’s nose at, pooh-pooh, “damn with faint praise” [Pope]; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one’s lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas[Fr]; laugh at &c. (be disrespectful) 929.
     point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn; scout,
hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at.
     turn one’s back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon; tread upon, trample
upon, trample under foot; spurn, kick; fling to the winds &c. (repudiate) 610; send away with a flea in the ear. 
     Adj. contemptuous; disdainful, scornful; withering, contumelious,
supercilious, cynical, haughty, bumptious, cavalier; derisive.
     contemptible, despicable; pitiable; pitiful &c. (unimportant) 643;
despised &c.v.; downtrodden; unenvied[obs3].
     unrespectable (unworthy) 874. 
     Adv. contemptuously &c. adj. 
     Int. a fig for &c. (unimportant) 643; bah! never mind! away with! hang
it! fiddlededee! 
     Phr. “a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn” [Paradise
Lost]; “I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman” [Julius Caesar].

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     #931.  Approbation. —­ N. approbation; approval, approvement[obs3];
sanction, advocacy; nod of approbation; esteem, estimation, good opinion, golden opinions, admiration; love &c. 897; appreciation, regard, account, popularity, gr/kudos/gr, credit; repute &c. 873; best seller.
     commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise,
tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium[obs3]; eloge[Fr], panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison.
     applause, plaudit, clap; clapping, clapping of hands; acclaim,
acclamation; cheer; paean, hosannah; shout of applause, peal of applause, chorus of applause, chorus of praise &c.; Prytaneum. 
     V. approve; approbate[obs3][1], think good, think much of, think well
of, think highly of; esteem, value, prize; set great store by, set great store on.
     do justice to, appreciate; honor, hold in esteem, look up to, admire;
like &c. 897; be in favor of, wish Godspeed; hail, hail with satisfaction.
     stand up for, stick up for; uphold, hold up, countenance, sanction;
clap on the back, pat on the back; keep in countenance, indorse; give credit, recommend; mark with a white mark, mark with a stone.
     commend, belaud[obs3], praise, laud, compliment; pay a tribute,
bepraise[obs3]; clap the hands; applaud, cheer, acclamate[obs3], encore; panegyrize[obs3], eulogize, cry up, proner[Fr], puff; extol, extol to the skies; magnify, glorify, exalt, swell, make much of; flatter &c. 933; bless,