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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'disdain'

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1. (noun) contempt, disdain, scorn, despite
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Synonyms: patronage, scorn, contempt, condescension, disdain, despite, disrespect

2. (verb) condescension, disdain, patronage
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, disdain, despite

3. (verb) contemn, despise, scorn, disdain
look down on with disdain
Synonyms: contemn, spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, turn down, scorn, freeze off, despise, disdain

4. (verb) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
reject with contempt
Synonyms: freeze off, eliminate, rule out, lower, resist, despise, winnow out, contemn, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, reject, disapprove, disdain, scorn, turn away, refuse, turn down

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'disdain'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. 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
Synonyms: pride, arrogance, ostentation, self-exaltation, assumption, presumption, self-respect, conceit, reserve, superciliousness, disdain, self-complacency, vainglory, haughtiness, self-conceit, vanity, insolence, self-esteem
Antonyms: humility, meekness, modesty, self-abasement, self-distrust, lowliness

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