To come to a dead-end.
A road with no exit.
A position that offers no hope of progress.
Going nowhere; blocked.
To reject, turn down.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
To scoff, to express contempt.
A display of disdain; a slight.
Contempt or disdain.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.