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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  • 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
Definition of disdained
Verb
  • Hermes said the court system has a way of leaving people feeling isolated.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • Rob Evans, an Army veteran whose app Hots & Cots collects reviews from service members on housing and food on military bases, told ABC News that the issues are not just isolated to Fort Hood.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of isolated
Verb
  • Global football purists may have hated some of it, but the link between the World Cup and music is here to stay.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • That America that didn’t want to know, that almost protested too much, that genuinely hated it.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of hated
Verb
  • If it is outright rejected and people burn down the theaters, cool.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 22 July 2026
  • The lawsuit also claims that when the same group offered $100,000 to fund a study looking into whether the transition was needed and whether other options were available, the school rejected the proposal.
    — Chaewon Chung July 22, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of rejected
Verb
  • Kenzie completely rejects Corbin’s because Corbin, having disrespected her, is now dead to her.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • Many feel disrespected by the social safety net.
    — Aisha Nyandoro, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of disrespected
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  • Germany’s biggest automaker is planning a massive restructuring and cost-cutting program in response to intensifying competition from Chinese electric vehicle makers and higher tariffs on its exports to the United States.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • The formidable shadow pool, cut by black liquid liner, was juxtaposed with light brown brows and bubblegum blush on the apples of her cheeks.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Definition of cut
Verb
  • Along with his brilliant, sparkling wife, Princess Caroline, George Augustus equally despised his cold father.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 9 July 2026
  • Lenin despised its predecessor, municipal socialism, for much the same reason.
    — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
Definition of despised
Verb
  • Philly may be shedding its second-fiddle status, but it remains entirely repulsed by frauds and underachievers.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Plenty of people bought it, plenty were repulsed by it.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of repulsed
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