HIGH-HATTED Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

high-hatted

verb

past tense of high-hat

as in disdained

to show contempt for one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite

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as in isolated

to deliberately ignore or treat rudely was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street

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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, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

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Teymouri said the children kept in the Arcadia home were isolated from society, almost never leaving the house.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Georgia girls are excelling in the classroom, but many are struggling with their mental health and feeling isolated, according to a new report from two Girl Scout councils.

— Leondra Head, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

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Sullivan denied that the law would cut Medicaid for Alaskans, saying the Affordable Care Act had a greater impact and raised insurance premiums in the state drastically.

— Matthew Choi The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
The new version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been cut from a five-hour show performed across two parts to a single three-hour performance as it is performed on Broadway.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2026

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In both projects, she was tasked not only with playing the same person from young adulthood to maturity, but also with bringing new dimension to a literary character whom readers have misguidedly despised for decades.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 25 Sep. 2026
And Hadl, who both was an assistant coach and later an administrator at KU, not to mention one of the greatest KU players of all time, also despised the Tigers.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026

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