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Disdain (Verb)

Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances".

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

The wealthy socialite learned to disdain those who sought her out solely for her money.
Her disdain for the politician's rhetoric was evident in her scathing editorial.
He began to disdain the idea of working a 9-to-5 job after spending years as a freelancer.
The artist's disdain for commercial art galleries led her to showcase her work in non-traditional spaces.
The professor couldn't help but disdain her student's poorly researched paper.

Look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately".

Verbs of feeling.

The wealthy businessman looked down on the poor with disdain, believing them to be inferior.
Many intellectuals disdain those who do not share their high level of education and sophistication.
She scowls at her colleagues, visibly disdaining the way they conduct their job.
He tends to disdain anyone who holds different views from his own, especially on politics.
The aristocrat's family has always disdained anything remotely associated with manual labor.