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woman you despise, the daughter of one you call evil. — Viola Gwyn;<br />

• (disdain)- to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn,( ;<br />

); It's quite clear we must treat the impudent creature's attempt<br />

with disdain, and redouble our courtesy towards Evgenie. — The Idiot;<br />

• (pooh-pooh)- to express disdain or contempt for; dismiss lightly; He won't<br />

be able to say a word against it, but he will pooh-pooh it to a dead certainty.<br />

— The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley;<br />

• (contempt)- the feeling with which a person regards anything considered<br />

mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn, ( ; ); There is not in<br />

human nature a more odious disposition than a proneness to contempt,<br />

which is a mixture of pride and ill-nature. — Pearls of Thought;<br />

• (despite)- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;<br />

• in spite of; notwithstanding, (( ) ); The taxi driver apparently<br />

could hear their every word despite the bulletproof partition between him<br />

and the rear seat;<br />

resent = begrudge^ grudge = grievance<br />

• (resentment)- the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act,<br />

remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult, ( ; ;<br />

); I suppose the cause of his resentment is your refusing him your<br />

daughter's hand — Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03;<br />

• (begrudge)- to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of (someone),<br />

( / );<br />

• to be reluctant to give, grant, or allow; They begrudge the time they have to<br />

spend at the table. — The Iron Puddler;<br />

• (grudge)- to resent for having; begrudge; I have a kind of grudge against<br />

many of those truths that I was taught in my childhood, and I am not<br />

conscious that they have waked up a particle of faith in me. — Great Fortunes<br />

and How They Were Made;<br />

• (grievance)- a wrong considered as grounds for complaint, or something<br />

believed to cause distress, (( ) - ); The King<br />

of Spain has lately promised to redress sundry grievances complained of by<br />

English merchants;<br />

rancorous > rancor = resentment = bitterness = gall<br />

• (rancorous)- (rancor) bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will,<br />

( ; ; ); Her antecedents were<br />

the rancorous, meddlesome Macedonian queens who routinely poisoned<br />

brothers and sent armies against sons. — Egyptology News;<br />

• (bitterness)- having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin,

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