disdain
noun
[ dɪsˈdeɪn ]
• the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect.
• "her upper lip curled in disdain"
Similar:
contempt,
scorn,
scornfulness,
contemptuousness,
derision,
disrespect,
disparagement,
condescension,
superciliousness,
hauteur,
haughtiness,
arrogance,
lordliness,
snobbishness,
aloofness,
indifference,
dismissiveness,
distaste,
dislike,
disgust,
despite,
contumely,
disdain
verb
• consider to be unworthy of one's consideration.
• "he disdained his patients as an inferior rabble"
Similar:
scorn,
deride,
pour scorn on,
regard with contempt,
show contempt for,
be contemptuous about,
sneer at,
sniff at,
curl one's lip at,
pooh-pooh,
look down on,
belittle,
undervalue,
slight,
despise,
look down one's nose at,
turn up one's nose at,
thumb one's nose at,
contemn,
misprize,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French desdeign (noun), desdeignier (verb), based on Latin dedignari, from de- (expressing reversal) + dignari ‘consider worthy’ (from dignus ‘worthy’).
