disdain
Other forms: disdained; disdaining; disdains
If you feel that something isn't worthy of your consideration, you may disdain it (or treat it with disdain).
In Old French, deignier meant "to treat something as worthy." To disdain something, then, is to treat it with contempt: "Management at [the company] displayed a certain disdain for safety and appeared to regard safety-conscious workers as wimps in the organization." As a verb, disdain carries an air of self-righteousness not associated with similar words like despise, abhor, detest, loathe and scorn. So if you disdain something, you might reject it with a haughty scoff, "Ha!"
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lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
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a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
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synonyms:
condescension, patronage
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type of:
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depreciation, derogation, disparagement
a communication that belittles somebody or something
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depreciation, derogation, disparagement
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look down on with disdain
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reject with contempt
/dɪsˈdeɪn/
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