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Disdain vs. Hate

Disdain and Hate Definitions

Disdain

To regard or treat with haughty contempt
Critics who disdained the writer as a hack.

Hate

To feel strong dislike for or hostility toward
Rivals who hate each other.

Disdain

To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath oneself
Disdained receiving an award from the organization.
Disdained to attend the ceremony.

Hate

To feel dislike or distaste for
Hates washing dishes.
Hates to get up early.

Disdain

A feeling or show of contempt and aloofness; scorn.

Hate

To be disinclined (to do something) out of politeness or a need to apologize
I hate to interrupt, but can I ask you a quick question?.
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Disdain

(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.

Hate

To feel hatred.

Disdain

(obsolete) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.

Hate

Intense animosity or dislike; hatred.

Disdain

(obsolete) The state of being despised; shame.

Hate

An object of hatred.
One of my pet hates is traffic wardens.
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Disdain

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.

Hate

Hatred.
He gave me a look filled with pure hate.

Disdain

To be indignant or offended.

Hate

(Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.
There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans.

Disdain

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
How my soul is moved with just disdain!
Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes.

Hate

(transitive) To dislike intensely or greatly.
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Disdain

That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain.

Hate

(intransitive) To experience hatred.
Do not fear; he who fears hates; he who hates kills. — attributed to Gandhi

Disdain

The state of being despised; shame.

Hate

To have a great aversion to, with a strong desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; to dislike intensely; to detest; as, to hate one's enemies; to hate hypocrisy.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.

Disdain

To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.
Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living.

Hate

To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.
I hate that he should linger here.

Disdain

To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.
When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.
'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.

Hate

To love less, relatively.

Disdain

To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained.

Hate

Strong aversion coupled with desire that evil should befall the person toward whom the feeling is directed; as exercised toward things, intense dislike; hatred; detestation; - opposed to love.
For in a wink the false love turns to hate.

Disdain

Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;
He was held in contempt
The despite in which outsiders were held is legendary

Hate

The emotion of hate; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

Disdain

A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

Hate

Dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards;
I hate Mexican food
She detests politicians

Disdain

Look down on with disdain;
He despises the people he has to work for
The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately

Disdain

Reject with contempt;
She spurned his advances

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