Disdain
Tease
Tease verb - To make fun of in a good-natured way.
Common collocations
| idea | disdain idea | tease idea |
| way | disdain way | tease way |
| characters | disdain characters | tease characters |
| reveal | disdain reveal | tease reveal |
Both words in one sentence
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Both tease Hacker for having attended the London School of Economics and take any opportunity to pour (exceedingly polite) abuse and disdain upon Cantabrigian civil servants.
Source: Oxbridge - She is generally The Tease but get to know her better and she shows a clear disdain for fighting and tends to offer Ladius (2nd gen hero) a chance to run away and live with her in peace away from the war.
Source: Hidden Depths / Video Games
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