H BIO4

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the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect
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DISDAIN
an occasion when someone criticizes or speaks angrily to someone else about something that person has said or done
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WIGGING
an extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque period or situation, typically an idealized or unsustainable one
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IDYLL
capture the fascinated attention of
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ENTHRALL
encourage the development of (something, especially something desirable)
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FOSTER (FANTASIES)
if you incur something unpleasant, it happens to you because of something you have done
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INCUR THE WRATH OF SB
to make someone decide to do something
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TO PROMPT
as appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently
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OSTENSIBLY
(of a stimulus or mental process) below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; perceived by or affecting someone's mind without their being aware of it
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SUBLIMINAL

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