high-hatted

verb

past tense of high-hat
1
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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2
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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  1. disdained
  2. isolated
  3. hated
  4. rejected
  5. disrespected
  6. cut
  7. despised
  8. repulsed
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  • 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
  • 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
Definition of disdained
Verb
  • The battleground here is New York City, and really the United States at large, a collective gig economy that has made the rich richer by making the poor isolated and decentralized.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Walking around the house and comparing performance can show whether the trouble follows distance from the router or seems isolated to one device.
    — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of isolated
Verb
  • His daughter Jordan, 43, says Mary hated being inside and a part of her thinks that, just maybe, Mary went for a walk to higher ground before the floods struck.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • This is the political bedrock of that, and people are just tired of the massive Hindu-Muslim-who-is-to-be-hated sentiment.
    — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of hated
Verb
  • A lot of brands rejected [YouTubers] and the new wave of marketing.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 9 Sep. 2026
  • China rejected that and continues to defend its claims to virtually the entire sea passage, a key global trade route that is considered one of Asia’s most active flashpoints.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of rejected
Verb
  • Unanswered emails can make people feel ignored or disrespected, or jump to worrying or envisioning worst-case scenarios, such as being on the brink of getting laid off or fired.
    — Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers Baker Mayfield feels disrespected, and Mike Evans is gone.
    — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of disrespected
Verb
  • North Carolina Democrats in the state’s House of Representatives cut all ties with one of their candidates running for the state legislature after her past social media posts about violence against Republicans came to light.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Krohn put in new sprinklers and fire-safety systems after his last renters moved out a few years ago, then cut a hole between the second and third floors, allowing more light and air to filter through what is now a unified owner’s duplex.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of cut
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  • 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
  • By the end, Moreno was as despised by his fanbase as any owner in baseball.
    — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of despised
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  • His recent comments didn’t favor the Browns fanbase, and many Cleveland fans seem viscerally repulsed by him.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of repulsed
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