Disdain (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately".

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Synonyms

• Scorn
• Despise
• Contemn

Hypernyms

• Hate
• Detest

Hyponyms

• Look Down On

Related Words

• Disdain (noun)

Meaning ²

Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Scorn
• Reject
• Turn Down
• Pooh-pooh
• Freeze Off
• Spurn

Hypernyms

• Decline
• Refuse

Hyponyms

• Rebuff
• Snub
• Repel