Decline and Scorn

Decline

Decline verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.
Usage example: she declined to participate in the soccer game

Scorn and decline are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scorn" instead the word "Decline" as a verb or a noun.

Scorn

Scorn verb - Reject with contempt.

Decline and scorn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decline" instead the word "Scorn" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: scornful, scorned, scornfully, scorning

How words are described

considerable considerable decline considerable scorn
visible visible decline visible scorn
heavy heavy decline heavy scorn
constant constant decline constant scorn
Other adjectives: severe, serious, slight, immediate, political, cultural.

Common collocations

times decline times scorn times
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