disdaining

verb

present participle of disdain
as in disrespecting
to show contempt for disdained the deserter as a coward

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Recent Examples of disdaining As was ever the case, the Babe returned fire, answering the heckles by mocking the Cubs players and disdaining their fans. — Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disdaining
  1. disrespecting
  2. hating
  3. despising
  4. scorning
Verb
  • Some users accused Mbappé of profiting off the lucrative Chinese sports markets and his millions of fans in the country while disrespecting their national sentiments.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Oakley and Dolan have long feuded, with Oakley accusing Dolan of treating him less favorably than other Knicks legends, including by not providing him complimentary tickets and allegedly disrespecting him in other ways.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of disrespecting
Verb
  • At a rally in Michigan last week, Vice President JD Vance accused El-Sayed of hating America.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Apparently the difference between hating air travel and enjoying it is about six inches of legroom and a glass of champagne.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of hating
Verb
  • For example, Scalia famously cast the deciding vote in 1989 to hold unconstitutional a law criminalizing burning the American flag despite being a big patriot and despising such activities.
    — Brian Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In a classic enemies-to-lovers plot, Sully and Helen go from despising one another to falling head over heels.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
Definition of despising
Verb
  • By 1845, Marx was scorning his colleagues for floating in the clouds.
    — Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
Definition of scorning

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