as in disdained
to show contempt for
arrogant critics who contemn the general public's taste in art
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Musk has long disdained the norms that the executives who run giant public companies typically embrace.
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At his behest Aurangzeb—who disdained poetry—sent agents across India and Persia to assemble a literary circle befitting her.
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The management team hated the idea of being acquired.
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Many a knave is rich, sleek, and honored, while the just man is poor, hated, and in torment.
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The traditional vuvuzela has been loved by some fans and despised by others.
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The philosopher and theologian David Bentley Hart says that Christianity brought a moral revolution to a world that assessed a person’s value based on things such as birth, class, and power, where the weak were despised.
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Many feel disrespected by the social safety net.
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Matt Cardona interrupted the chat and Zayn tried to show Gargano he was still getting disrespected.
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“Contemned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contemned. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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