disdained
Regarded with contempt
Disdained is the past tense of disdain, meaning to regard with contempt or scorn as beneath one's dignity.
What is disdained is looked down upon as unworthy: She disdained his attempts at flattery.
The aristocrats disdained manual labor.
The word carries a sense of haughty rejection rather than simple dislike.
Smiled with contempt
- scoffedExpressed mocking disbelief
- deridedExpressed scorn toward
- mockedRidiculed or scorned
- ridiculedSubjected to contemptuous laughter
belittled · disparaged · scorned · pooh-poohed · decried · denigrated · jeered · taunted
Rejected with contempt
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
- refusedDeclined to accept
- dismissedReleased from duty
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
snubbed · repudiated · eschewed · forsaken · disowned · renounced · brushed off · cast aside
Hostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
repugnance · abhorrence · detestation · antipathy · aversion · sneering · condescension · disparagement
Disdainful sense of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- loftinessHeight or noble bearing
imperious · patronizing · high-handedness · elitism · pompousness · self-importance · superior · aloof
sneered
Smiled with contempt
ridiculed · belittled · disparaged · scorned · pooh-poohed · decried · denigrated · jeered · taunted · laughed at
spurned
Rejected with contempt
shunned · snubbed · repudiated · eschewed · forsaken · disowned · renounced · brushed off · cast aside · turned away
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
revulsion · repugnance · abhorrence · detestation · antipathy · aversion · sneering · condescension · disparagement · contemptuousness
haughtiness
Disdainful sense of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
loftiness · imperious · patronizing · high-handedness · elitism · pompousness · self-importance · superior · aloof · snooty