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disdained

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verb

past tense of disdain

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Recent Examples of disdained
Verb
As of Sunday, Morin was one month into the suspension handed down by the state Supreme Court that disdained the opinion of professional discipline case referee, Judge Paul Anthony Damico. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026 In this sense, Mehring’s play is echoing Einstein’s critique of the wealthy German Jews who disdained their poorer Eastern cousins. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 Although the Constitution requires congressional involvement in war-making, Trump like Nixon disdained that mandate with terrible consequences. — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 Raised in a household of voracious readers in suburban Philadelphia, her father a professor of Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania and her mother having worked for magazines, Sebold disdained the university’s frat culture. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026 Musk has long disdained the norms that the executives who run giant public companies typically embrace. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 At his behest Aurangzeb—who disdained poetry—sent agents across India and Persia to assemble a literary circle befitting her. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026 In Sondheim’s body of work, Okrent searches for the autobiographical resonances that Sondheim himself mostly disdained. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 Because that man is going out of his way to remind everyone why, exactly, he is universally disdained. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disdained
Adjective
  • The despised Colonel Protheroe is found dead in the vicarage study by Reverend Leonard Clement (Kit Harington).
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 July 2026
  • Smith had slapped Chris Rock onstage at the Academy Awards, and was suddenly one of the most despised actors in America.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That’s an impressive debut for a movie that critics largely… hated.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect of the Guggenheim Museum, hated white paint.
    — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • But the irony of naming an airport after someone who so deeply disliked flying?
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026
  • This sense of threat can trigger authoritarian tendencies, including support for taking away civil liberties like the ability to give public speeches or run for political office from disliked others.
    — Paul Djupe, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • To Cardenas, and other members of her community, the mural disrespected both Vietnamese and Filipino cultures.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Reportedly, some of the show’s other producers disrespected Bonet in front of the audience.
    — Eric King, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The investors among this small and scorned generation, now aged 45-61, are watching markets play out on their screens and constantly see the plot parallels with past cycles.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
  • On a fictional highway in 1958, a Cadillac became badly scorned by a little Nash Rambler.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Disdained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdained. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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