disdain
[noun]
Synonyms:
- contempt, arrogance, derision, haughtiness, scorn, superciliousness
[verb]
Synonyms:
- scorn, deride, disregard, look down on, reject, slight, sneer at, spurn

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Antonyms: admire
Contrasted words: awe, fear, reverence, accept, receive, take, acknowledge, admit, own, esteem, respect
Related Words: antipathy, aversion, arrogance, haughtiness, insolence, superciliousness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. dis‧dain¹ /dɪsˈdeɪn/ noun [uncountable] formal
a complete lack of respect that you show for someone or something because you think they are not important or good enough
with disdain
She watched me with disdain.
a look of complete disdain
disdain for
his disdain for capitalism

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. disdain² verb formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: desdeignier, from deignier; ⇒ deign]

1. [transitive] to have no respect for someone or something, because you think they are not important or good enough:
Childcare was seen as women’s work, and men disdained it.

2. disdain to do something to refuse to do something because you are too proud to do it:
Butler disdained to reply.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

disdain
noun
ADJ. great | utter | obvious | amused | cool, glacial | aristocratic, haughty
VERB + DISDAIN feel, have She did not hesitate to express the disdain that she felt.
express, show Judges sometimes show great disdain for the law.
look on/upon sb/sth with, treat sb/sth with Traditionalists look upon the changes with disdain.
PREP. in ~ She turned her head away in disdain.
with ~ Why does he treat his father with such disdain?
~ for He has an aristocratic disdain for money.
PHRASES an expression/a look of disdain

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲