disdain
Look down upon
Disdain is a feeling of contempt or scorn toward something considered beneath one's dignity or unworthy of respect: She regarded his excuses with disdain.
The verb means to look down on or reject as unworthy: He disdained to answer the accusation.
Disdain carries a note of superiority—not merely disliking something but considering it too low to merit serious attention.
Disdainful sense of superiority
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
loftiness · imperiousness · pomposity · high-handedness · patronization · elitism · self-importance · overbearingness
Hostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
sneering · disparagement · antipathy · aversion · detestation · abhorrence · repugnance · contumely
Refuse with contempt
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- dismissSend away or reject
- shunDeliberately keep away
refuse · slight · cold-shoulder · brush-off · repudiate · eschew · ignore · overlook
Mild anger or disapproval
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- criticismJudgment of faults
- reproofExpression of blame
denunciation · rebuke · reprobation · objection · dissatisfaction · disapprobation · depreciation · discountenance
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- coldnessLow temperature state
- icinessExtreme coldness, literal or emotional
- frostinessCold or unfriendly manner
- reserveSupply kept back
remoteness · standoffishness · distance · chilliness · coolness · unfriendliness · unapproachability · hauteur
haughtiness
Disdainful sense of superiority
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
superciliousness · loftiness · imperiousness · pomposity · high-handedness · patronization · elitism · self-importance · overbearingness · contemptuousness
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
revulsion · sneering · disparagement · antipathy · aversion · detestation · abhorrence · repugnance · contumely · odium
spurn
Refuse with contempt
shun · refuse · slight · cold-shoulder · brush-off · repudiate · eschew · ignore · overlook · disregard
displeasure
Mild anger or disapproval
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- condemnationSevere disapproval expressed formally
- criticismJudgment of faults
reproof · denunciation · rebuke · reprobation · objection · dissatisfaction · disapprobation · depreciation · discountenance
detachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
- coldnessLow temperature state
- icinessExtreme coldness, literal or emotional
- frostinessCold or unfriendly manner
reserve · remoteness · standoffishness · distance · chilliness · coolness · unfriendliness · unapproachability · hauteur · stiffness
- snobberysnob, snobbery, snooty, elitism, snoot
- aversionaversion, disgust, hatred, repulsion, loathing
- aversionsaversion, dislike, distaste, hatred, loathing
- bad attitudesnegativity, cynicism, pessimism, hostility, contempt
- bad bloodanimosity, hostility, enmity, resentment, grudge
- contemptcontempt, scorn, despise, derision, sneer
disdainadmiration
Deep respect felt
respect · esteem · reverence · veneration · regard