disdainnoun [ U ]
uk/dɪsˈdeɪn/us/dɪsˈdeɪn/formalthe feeling of not liking someone or something and thinking that they do not deserve your interest or respect:
He regards the political process with disdain.
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Feelings of dislike and hatred
- abhorrence
- abomination
- anathema
- animosity
- animus
- disfavour
- disgust
- dislike
- distaste
- enmity
- ill will
- loathing
- misandry
- misanthrope
- misanthropic
- repulsion
- sore point
- technophobe
- virulence
- vitriol
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disdainful
adjective uk/dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl/us/dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl/
a disdainful expression
disdainfully
adverb uk/dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl.i/us/dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl.i/
disdainverb [ T ]
uk/dɪsˈdeɪn/us/dɪsˈdeɪn/formalto feel disdain for someone or something:
The older musicians disdain the new, rock-influenced music.
disdain to do sth
to refuse to do something because you feel you are too important to do it
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Not liking
- abhor
- abide
- abominate
- antipathy
- averse
- hate
- hate sb's guts idiom
- have a problem with sth/sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- have it in for sb idiom
- leave
- not take kindly to sth idiom
- phobic
- problem
- put
- put sb off (sth/sb)
- see sth in sb/sth
- take against sb
- thing
- turn
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