disdain as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
- 2
disdain
noun
1 disdain
Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.
synonyms: contempt, despite, scorn.
Roget 866:
indifference,
neutrality;
coldness
etc.
adj.;
anaphrodisia†;
unconcern,
insouciance,
nonchalance;
want of interest,
want of earnestness;
anorexy†,
anorexia,
inappetency†;
apathy
etc.
(insensibility)
823;
supineness
etc.
(inactivity)
683;
disdain
etc.
930;
recklessness
etc.
863;
inattention
etc.
458.
anaphrodisiac†,
antaphrodisiac†;
lust-quencher,
passion-queller†.
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Roget 930:
contempt,
disdain,
scorn,
sovereign contempt;
despisal†,
despiciency†;
despisement†;
vilipendency†,
contumely;
slight,
sneer,
spurn,
by-word;
despect†.
contemptuousness
etc.
adj.;
scornful eye;
smile of contempt;
derision
etc.
(disrespect)
929.
despisedness
[State of being despised].
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Dutch: ongenoegen, verachting
Polish: pogarda, wzgarda
2 disdain
A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient.
synonyms: condescension, patronage.
verb
1 disdain
Look down on with disdain.
synonyms: contemn, despise, scorn.
Roget 930:
despise,
contemn,
scorn,
disdain,
feel contempt for,
view with a scornful eye;
disregard,
slight,
not mind;
pass by
etc.
(neglect)
460.
look down upon;
hold cheap,
hold in contempt,
hold in disrespect;
think nothing of,
think small beer of;
make light of;
underestimate
etc.
483;
esteem slightly,
esteem of small or no account;
take no account of,
care nothing for;
set no store by;
not care a straw,
sneeze at
etc.
(unimportance)
643;
set at naught,
laugh in one's sleeve,
laugh up one's sleeve,
snap one's fingers at,
shrug one's shoulders,
turn up one's nose at,
pooh-pooh,
damn with faint praise"
[Pope];
whistle at,
sneer at;
curl up one's lip,
toss the head,
traiter de haut enbas [Fr.];
laugh at
etc.
(be disrespectful)
929.
point the finger of scorn,
hold up to scorn,
laugh to scorn;
scout,
hoot,
flout,
hiss,
scoff at.
turn one's back upon,
turn a cold shoulder upon;
tread upon,
trample upon,
trample under foot;
spurn,
kick;
fling to the winds
etc.
(repudiate)
610;
send away with a flea in the ear.
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Dutch: verachten, depreciëren, geringschatten, minachten, neerkijken, neerzien
2 disdain
Moby thesaurus: abhor, abjure, airs, antipathetic, antipathy, aristocratic disdain, arrogance, arrogant, audacity, averse, aversion, be above, be contemptuous of, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado, brazenness, brush aside, bumptiousness, care nothing for, cavalier, cavalierness, cheekiness, chuck, chuck out, clannishness, cliquishness, cockiness, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness, contradict, contumeliousness, contumely, daring, daringness, decline, defial, defiance, defying, denigrate, deny, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derision, despisal, despise, despising, despite, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discommend, discount, disdainful, disdainfulness, dismiss, disown, disparage, disparagement, dispraise, disprize, disregard, disvalue, dump on, except, exclude, exclusiveness, feel contempt for, feel superior to, flout, forswear, fuss, haughtiness, haughty, hauteur, high-and-mighty, hold beneath one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in derision, ignore, impertinence, impudence, insolence, insolent, insult, laugh at, laugh to scorn, loftiness, look down upon, lordly, misprize, morgue, overbearing, pass by, pass up, pertness, pick and choose, push aside, put down, rank low, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, rejecting, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, sauciness, scoff at, scorn, scornfulness, scorning, scout, scouting, set at defiance, set at naught, shove away, slight, slight over, sneer at, sneeze at, sniff at, sniffiness, snobbishness, snootiness, snort at, snottiness, sovereign contempt, spurn, spurning, supercilious, superciliousness, superior, think nothing of, throw away, throw out, toploftiness, treat with contempt, turn away, turn out, unsympathetic, waive ... show more.
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