HIGH-HATTING Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

high-hatting

verb

present participle of high-hat

as in disdaining

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 isolating

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 was ever the case, the Babe returned fire, answering the heckles by mocking the Cubs players and disdaining their fans.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026

Definition of disdaining

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Idahoans were on track to keep the keys to the state’s drug policy Tuesday evening, with two-thirds of voters rejecting a measure that would take the future legalization of marijuana out of their hands.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Nov. 2026
Missouri voters approved a constitutional amendment strengthening the state’s most visible form of direct democracy, months after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposal that would weaken it.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026

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Witnesses told sheriff’s investigators that an argument occurred earlier that evening after Valle confronted Adrian Vega about disrespecting a woman.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Republican groups have also accused el Sayed of disrespecting black voters.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of disrespecting

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The verdict came just three days after regulators seized Ueno Bank, cutting nearly 3 million customers off from their savings and bank cards and setting off a political crisis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
The little lumberjack walked to the far end of the forest and started cutting.

— Jeremy Macliver, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

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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

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