| disdain | (noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: condescension, patronage |
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| (noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | Synonyms: contempt, despite, scorn |
| (verb) reject with contempt | Synonyms: freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down |
| (verb) look down on with disdain | Synonyms: contemn, despise, scorn |
| disdainful | (adjective) expressing extreme contempt | Synonyms: contemptuous, insulting, scornful |
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| (adjective) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | Synonyms: haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| disdainfully | (adverb) without respect; in a disdainful manner | Synonyms: contemptuously, contumeliously, scornfully |
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| (adverb) in a proud and domineering manner | Synonyms: cavalierly |
| disdainfulness | (noun) the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior | Synonyms: condescension, superciliousness |
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