All disdain synonyms
disΒ·dain
D d verb disdain
- scorn β open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- despise β If you despise something or someone, you dislike them and have a very low opinion of them.
- spurn β to reject with disdain; scorn.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- belittle β If you belittle someone or something, you say or imply that they are unimportant or not very good.
- pooh-pooh β to express disdain or contempt for; dismiss lightly: He pooh-poohed all their superstitious fears.
- abhor β If you abhor something, you hate it very much, especially for moral reasons.
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- undervalue β to value below the real worth; put too low a value on.
- slight β small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- contemn β to treat or regard with contempt; scorn
- ignore β to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- scout β a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- disregard β to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
- hate β to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
- chill β When you chill something or when it chills, you lower its temperature so that it becomes colder but does not freeze.
- disparage β to speak of or treat slightingly; depreciate; belittle: Do not disparage good manners.
- look down on β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- put down β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- misprize β to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.
noun disdain
- contempt β If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
- derision β If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- condescension β Condescension is condescending behaviour.
- disparagement β the act of disparaging.
- aloofness β the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference: His girlfriend's recent aloofness may be a sign that the relationship is over.
- antipathy β Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- arrogance β the quality or state of being arrogant; overbearing pride or self-importance
- aversion β If you have an aversion to someone or something, you dislike them very much.
- dislike β to regard with displeasure, antipathy, or aversion: I dislike working. I dislike oysters.
- hatred β the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- pride β Thomas, died 1658, English soldier and regicide.
- ridicule β speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- contumely β scornful or insulting language or behaviour
- despisal β contempt; the act of despising; scorn
- despite β You use despite to introduce a fact which makes the other part of the sentence surprising.
- haughtiness β disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- hauteur β haughty manner or spirit; arrogance.
- insolence β contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
- loftiness β extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- sneering β to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- snobbish β of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
- superciliousness β haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- despisement β contempt; despisal