Meaning & use
Disdained
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Regarded or treated someone or something with contempt or a lack of respect.
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The critic disdained the film's reliance on cheap special effects.
He disdained the offer of help, insisting he could manage alone.
A note on using this word
"Disdain" carries a stronger sense of superiority than simple dislike — the disdainful party typically views the object as beneath them.
Words with a similar meaning
scorneddespised
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Words with an opposite meaning
admiredrespected
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