Thesaurus / disdain
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I am just anti- the banality of the discussion that these otherwise decent, fun people devolve to when indulging, and my girlfriend does not share my disdain of banality, I guess.
CAROLYN HAX: HE WORRIES THAT EVERY DAY AFTER JAN. 1 WILL BE 420CAROLYN HAXDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIt was by Gene himself, expressing said disdain for the undignified Ironman Triathlon watch, “thick as a brick and handsome as a hernia,” that the new President Clinton wore even to meetings at the United Nations.
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1413: OUR NEW NOT-SO-BIG TOP -- THE CLOWNING ACHIEVEMENT TROPHYPAT MYERSDECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POSTThese policies reflect the administration’s broader disdain for science and technology as a whole.
AMERICA’S TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP IS AT STAKE IN THIS ELECTIONGIDEON LICHFIELDOCTOBER 29, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIt made the news, and multiple A-list celebrities made public statements avowing their support for Pratt and their disdain for those heartless internet bullies who have invoked the laws of Gotta Go to tell Chris Pratt he Gotta Get.
HOW CHRIS PRATT BECAME THE INTERNET’S LEAST FAVORITE CHRISCONSTANCE GRADYOCTOBER 22, 2020VOXSuch events, however destructive and aggressive as they tend to be, are commonly associated not with the hunter’s sense of malice, disdain, or even casual disinterest, but an abiding sense of respect and honor for his prey.
THE PSYCHIC TOLL OF SEVERING THE HUNTER-PREY RELATIONSHIP - FACTS SO ROMANTICWILLIAM BUCKNEROCTOBER 14, 2020NAUTILUSHe did not disdain to manufacture dainty little dishes for his young mistresses.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe instant lift of Florimond's eyebrows was full of insolent, supercilious disdain.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIThe tall, slender Spaniard, swarthy and of classic feature, looks about him with suppressed disdain.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANHe looked at Mandleco with immense disdain, gave a pert tilt of his head and surveyed the room with a grimace of distaste.
WE'RE FRIENDS, NOWHENRY HASSEThe boy's pulses leaped toward these things even while his lips curled in disdain at the shallow decoy.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSAWORDS RELATED TO DISDAIN
- abuse
- belittle
- chill
- cry down
- decry
- defame
- degrade
- deject
- demoralize
- denigrate
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deride
- derogate
- dis
- discourage
- discredit
- disdain
- dishearten
- dismiss
- dispirit
- dispraise
- downcry
- dump on
- lower
- malign
- minimize
- pan
- put down
- put hooks in
- rap
- ridicule
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- slam
- slander
- smear
- sour grapes
- tear down
- traduce
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- vilify
- write off
- apathy
- brush-off
- contempt
- disdain
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disinterest
- disrespect
- forgetting
- heedlessness
- inadvertence
- inattention
- indifference
- insouciance
- lassitude
- lethargy
- listlessness
- neglect
- neglecting
- negligence
- oblivion
- omission
- omitting
- overlooking
- oversight
- scorn
- slight
- slighting
- the cold shoulder
- unconcern
- unmindfulness
- blink at
- brush aside
- brush away
- brush off
- cold-shoulder
- contemn
- despise
- discount
- disdain
- disobey
- disparage
- fail
- forget
- have no use for
- laugh off
- leave out of account
- let go
- let off easy
- let pass
- live with
- look the other way
- miss
- neglect
- omit
- overlook
- overpass
- pass over
- pay no attention to
- pay no heed to
- pay no mind
- pooh-pooh
- scorn
- shut eyes to
- slight
- snub
- take no notice of
- tune out
- turn a blind eye
- turn a deaf ear
- vilipend
- wink at
- apathy
- brush-off
- contempt
- disdain
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disinterest
- disrespect
- forgetting
- heedlessness
- inadvertence
- inattention
- indifference
- insouciance
- lassitude
- lethargy
- listlessness
- neglect
- neglecting
- negligence
- oblivion
- omission
- omitting
- overlooking
- oversight
- scorn
- slight
- slighting
- the cold shoulder
- unconcern
- unmindfulness
- blinks at
- brushes aside
- brushes away
- brushes off
- cold-shoulders
- contemns
- despises
- discounts
- disdains
- disobeys
- disparages
- fails
- forgets
- has no use for
- laughs off
- leaves out of account
- let goes
- lets off easy
- lets passes
- lives with
- looks the other way
- misses
- neglects
- omits
- overlooks
- overpasses
- passes over
- pays no attention to
- pays no heed to
- pays no mind
- pooh-poohs
- scorns
- shuts eyes to
- slights
- snubs
- takes no notice of
- tunes out
- turns a blind eye
- turns a deaf ear
- vilipends
- wink at
- abhor
- abominate
- allergic to
- anathematize
- be disgusted with
- be hostile to
- be loath
- be reluctant
- be repelled by
- be sick of
- be sorry
- bear a grudge against
- can't stand
- contemn
- curse
- deprecate
- deride
- despise
- detest
- disapprove
- disdain
- disfavor
- disparage
- down on
- execrate
- feel malice to
- have an aversion to
- have enough of
- have no use for
- loathe
- look down on
- nauseate
- not care for
- object to
- recoil from
- scorn
- shudder at
- shun
- spit upon
- spurn
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