sniff (at)

verb

Definition of sniff (at)next
as in to walk over
to show contempt for her carpentry skills are nothing to sniff at

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  1. disdain
  2. hate
  3. disrespect
  4. despise
  5. diss
Verb
  • As a student at The John Carroll School, Paula Etting disdained public office.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Good free-market neoliberals had historically disdained this idea, believing government attempts to meddle in the economy would have bad results.
    Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of disdain
Verb
  • The guards keep her away from everyone else, because she’s hated so much.
    Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Get The Recipe Creamy Kale Bake Love it or hate it, everyone will be a fan of kale after digging into this pasta dish.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of hate
Verb
  • It was believed that disrespecting the lights would bring misfortune.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Some have cried foul that South Africa didn't deserve it given their administrators evidently disrespected Test cricket after sending a weakened squad to New Zealand earlier this year.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of disrespect
Verb
  • White argues that the crypto industry has become a re-creation of much of what its original ideology claimed to despise.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Beatles ’64 captures how widely the band was despised at the time by the adult establishment, from Bob Hope to the British Embassy.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of despise
Verb
  • The altercation started with Banks dissing Charli XCX (though really dissing Weho gays), and somehow ended with Healy threatening to slap Banks and Banks threatening to sue Healy.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2024
  • How to get Apple Music Replay As a collective, Apple Music listeners flocked to pop princesses and diss tracks this year, awarding Sabrina Carpenter and Kendrick Lamar top slots on the charts.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of diss
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