| NOUN | feeling | disdain, contempt, scorn, despite | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
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| communication | disdain, condescension, patronage | a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | |
| VERB | emotion | disdain, contemn, despise, scorn | look down on with disdain |
| communication | disdain, reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, turn down | reject with contempt |
| Sounds | dihsdey'n | |
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| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 119 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. | |
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| Synonyms | contempt, scorn, despite | |
| Broader | dislike | A feeling of aversion or antipathy |
| Catalan | desdeny, menyspreu | |
| Spanish | desdén, desprecio | |
| Verbs | disdain | look down on with disdain |
| Meaning | A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient. | |
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| Synonyms | condescension, patronage | |
| Broader | disparagement, depreciation, derogation | A communication that belittles somebody or something |
| Spanish | desdén | |
| Meaning | Look down on with disdain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot disdain Sue | |
| Synonyms | contemn, despise, scorn | |
| Narrower | look down on | Regard with contempt |
| Broader | hate, detest | dislike intensely |
| Catalan | menysprear | |
| Spanish | despreciar | |
| Nouns | disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
| Meaning | Reject with contempt. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, turn down | |
| Narrower | rebuff, snub, repel | Reject outright and bluntly |
| Broader | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
| Similar to | refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline | Refuse to accept |
| reject, turn down, turn away, refuse | Refuse entrance or membership | |
| Catalan | rebutjar | |
| Spanish | rechazar | |