What is another word for disdain?
Synonyms for disdain
dɪsˈdeɪn, dɪˈsteɪndis·dain
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Wiktionary
disdainnoun
Synonyms:
scorn, condescension, contempt, contemndisdainverb
To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.
Synonyms:
condescension, scorn, contempt, contemndisdainverb
To be indignant or offended.
Synonyms:
contemn
English Synonyms and Antonyms
disdain
Haughtiness thinks highly of itself and poorly of others. Arrogance claims much for itself and concedes little to others. Pride is an absorbing sense of one's own greatness; haughtiness feels one's own superiority to others; disdain sees contemptuously the inferiority of others to oneself. Presumption claims place or privilege above one's right; pride deems nothing too high. Insolence is open and rude expression of contempt and hostility, generally from an inferior to a superior, as from a servant to a master or mistress. In the presence of superiors overweening pride manifests itself in presumption or insolence; in the presence of inferiors, or those supposed to be inferior, pride manifests itself by arrogance, disdain, haughtiness, superciliousness, or in either case often by cold reserve. (See RESERVE under MODESTY.) Pride is too self-satisfied to care for praise; vanity intensely craves admiration and applause. Superciliousness, as if by the uplifted eyebrow, as its etymology suggests (Latin supercilium, eyebrow, from super, over and cilium, eyelid), silently manifests mingled haughtiness and disdain. Assumption quietly takes for granted superiority and privilege which others would be slow to concede. Conceit and vanity are associated with weakness, pride with strength. Conceit may be founded upon nothing; pride is founded upon something that one is, or has, or has done; vanity, too, is commonly founded on something real, tho far slighter than would afford foundation for pride. Vanity is eager for admiration and praise, is elated if they are rendered, and pained if they are withheld, and seeks them; pride could never solicit admiration or praise. Conceit is somewhat stronger than self-conceit. Self-conceit is ridiculous; conceit is offensive. Self-respect is a thoroughly worthy feeling; self-esteem is a more generous estimate of one's own character and abilities than the rest of the world are ready to allow. Vainglory is more pompous and boastful than vanity. Compare EGOTISM; OSTENTATION.
Synonyms:
arrogance, assumption, conceit, haughtiness, insolence, ostentation, presumption, pride, reserve, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-respect, superciliousness, vainglory, vanityAntonyms:
humility, lowliness, meekness, modesty, self-abasement, self-distrust
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
disdainnoun
Synonyms:
contempt, obscure, haughtiness, disregard, superciliousnessAntonyms:
respect, reverence, admiration, respectfulness, considerateness, humility
Princeton's WordNet
contempt, disdain, scorn, despitenoun
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
"he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
Synonyms:
patronage, scorn, contempt, condescension, despite, disrespectcondescension, disdain, patronageverb
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Synonyms:
trade, clientele, condescension, patronage, business, backup, backing, superciliousness, scorn, condescendingness, contempt, disdainfulness, championship, despitecontemn, despise, scorn, disdainverb
look down on with disdain
"He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
Synonyms:
contemn, spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, turn down, scorn, freeze off, despisereject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn downverb
reject with contempt
"She spurned his advances"
Synonyms:
freeze off, eliminate, rule out, lower, resist, despise, winnow out, contemn, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, reject, disapprove, scorn, turn away, refuse, turn down
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
disdainverb
Synonyms:
despise, contemn, scout, scorn, spurn, look down upon, hold in contempt, consider beneath noticedisdainnoun
Synonyms:
scorn, contempt, contumely, haughtiness, arrogance, HAUTEUR
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
disdainnoun
Synonyms:
scorn, contumely, superciliousness, contempt
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "disdain":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#71 | business | |
#718 | trade | |
#1104 | lower | |
#2268 | reserve | |
#2813 | despite | |
#3116 | backup | |
#4442 | championship | |
#4700 | pride | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#7150 | assumption | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#8574 | reject | |
#9580 | backing | |
#9957 | resist | |
#11105 | vanity | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#17209 | contempt | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#20482 | presumption | |
#20514 | defiance | |
#24149 | clientele | |
#25023 | arrogance | |
#26436 | patronage | |
#31276 | despise | |
#31947 | disapprove | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#36196 | disrespect | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#54936 | conceit | |
#69948 | insolence | |
#84637 | condescension | |
#113548 | spurn | |
#118932 | ostentation | |
#144008 | vainglory | |
#174137 | haughtiness | |
#203490 | lour |
How to use disdain in a sentence?
The military's actions show utter disdain for the democratic elections held in November and the right of Myanmar's people to choose their own government, we urge concerned governments to speak out forcefully against the military's actions and consider targeted sanctions against those responsible.
We're disgusted and we're outraged, this is Christmas season. This is time for peace, goodwill towards other human beings. The message they send is they don't even like us, and that disdain doesn't take a holiday.
The president was being urged by one member of the crowd to preach, he seemingly tried to at one point — borrowing almost a Richard Pryor delivery to deliver the degree of his disgust and disdain for the other side, the comments clearly aimed at Donald Trump.
That a classroom teacher – who, by the way, has the ability to prescribe ‘book club’ events and vacation reading activities – has such disdain for the very people who pay her salary is mind-boggling, but it does paint a picture of the overall cluelessness we find ourselves up against.
Much of the story of this last administration and the next couple of months is a disdain for the workings of government, it's almost as if it's a determination that they want to wreck government and make it as hard as possible for government to do its job. The problem is that leaves a lot of people dead, as we've seen with the virus.
Translations for disdain
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- ازدراءArabic
- презрение, пренебрежение, презирамBulgarian
- pohrdání, despekt, opovrženíCzech
- foragt, despektDanish
- verachten, Geringschätzung, Verachtung, Missachtung, verschmähenGerman
- desdén, desprecio, desdeñar, despreciarSpanish
- halveksunta, väheksyntä, halveksuaFinnish
- mépriser, mépris, dédaigner, dédainFrench
- dìmeas, tàireScottish Gaelic
- בוזHebrew
- तिरस्कारHindi
- արհամարհել, քամահրանք, գոռոզություն, արհամարհանք, քամահրելArmenian
- sprezzare, sdegnare, sdegno, spregiare, disprezzo, disdegnoItalian
- 蔑視, 見くびる, 侮る, 軽蔑, 侮蔑Japanese
- whakatoaMāori
- versmaden, ongenoegen, minachten, verachtingDutch
- foraktNorwegian Nynorsk
- forakt, forakteNorwegian
- gardzić, pogardaPolish
- desdenhar, desprezar, desprezo, desdémPortuguese
- dispreț, desconsiderareRomanian
- презирать, презреть, пренебрежение, презрениеRussian
- пријезир, prijezir, презир, prezirSerbo-Croatian
- förakta, föraktSwedish
- அலட்சியம்Tamil
- ดูถูกThai
- 不屑Chinese
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