Disdain

Noun

 * 1)  A feeling of contempt or scorn.
 * The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.

Verb

 * 1)  To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
 * 2)  To be indignant or offended.
 * 3) * 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXI:
 * When the chefe prestes and scribes sawe, the marveylles that he dyd [...], they desdayned, and sayde unto hym: hearest thou what these saye?

Adjectives for Disdain
condescending; supercilious; pardonable; chill; withering; pathetic; haughty; high-toned; quick; icy; cynical; aggressive; bitter; well-bred; invincible; lofty; aristocratic; ineffable; proud; profound; incredulous; unutterable; constructive;   uncharitable; scornful; vile; utmost; listless; cold; monotonous; immovable; unquenchable; contemptuous.

Verbs for Disdain
call in—; conceive—; confer—upon; convert to—; cool—; deserve—; disregard—; entertain—for; jeer in—; regard with—; reject with—; reply in—; reproach with—; retire in—; scan with—; sting with—; suffer—; taunt in—; treat with—; turn up one's nose in—; upbraid with—; view with—; wrinkle one's nose in—; —displeases; — embitters; —grows; —infuriates; —melts; —offends ; —pierces ; —swells ; —vexes.

Adverbs for Disdain
sneeringly; churlishly; superciliously; condescendingly; witheringly; icily; haughtily; cynically; bitterly; aristocratically; proudly; uncharitably; scornfully; coldly; contemptuously.

Synonyms for Disdain
noun
 * condescension, contempt, scorn, contumely, arrogance, scornfulness, pride, superciliousness, haughtiness, derision.

verb
 * contemn, despise

Antonyms for Disdain
admiration, respect, praise, laudation, encouragement, flattery, esteem, favor, support.

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

Etymology
From desdeignier: (modern French dédaigner:).

Noun

 * Armenian: արհամարհանք, քամահրանք,  գոռոզություն
 * Bosnian: prezir
 * Bulgarian: презрение,
 * Danish: despekt, foragt
 * Dutch: ongenoegen,
 * Finnish: (contempt), väheksyntä (belittling)
 * French: ,
 * German:, (disrespect), Missachtung (contempt)


 * Hebrew: בוז
 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: desdém,
 * Russian: презрение,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Derived terms

 * disdainful

Verb

 * Armenian: արհամարհել, քամահրել
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: minachten, versmaden
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Indonesian: menghina?, menganggap rendah?, merendahkan?, membenci?


 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian: forakte
 * Polish: gardzić
 * Portuguese: desdenhar,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: