What are the opposite words for disdain?
Disdain is a strong feeling of dislike or lack of respect towards someone or something. Antonyms for the word "disdain" mainly consist of positive feelings such as respect, admiration, love, and affection. The opposite of disdain is, therefore, admiration or respect, which implies a deep fondness for something or someone. Other antonyms for disdain include admiration, regard, esteem, and honor. These are all words that connote positivity, appreciation, and reverence. Antonyms for disdain help us express our emotions in a more comprehensive way, showing our appreciation and respect for others instead of constantly harboring negative feelings towards them.
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pity
- feel for,
- sympathize,
- take pity on,
- took pity on,
- feels for,
- takes pity on,
- feeling for,
- taking pity on,
- be sympathetic,
- am sorry for,
- am sympathetic,
- are sorry for,
- are sympathetic,
- art sorry for,
- art sympathetic,
- be sorry for,
- being sorry for,
- being sympathetic,
- bled for,
- bleed for,
- bleeding for,
- bleeds for,
- feel with,
- feeling with,
- feels with,
- felt with,
- gave quarter,
- give quarter,
- gives quarter,
- giving quarter,
- grant amnesty,
- granting amnesty,
- grieve with,
- grieved with,
- grieves with,
- grieving with,
- had compassion,
- had mercy on,
- haddest compassion,
- haddest mercy on,
- hadst compassion,
- hadst mercy on,
- has compassion,
- has mercy on,
- hast compassion,
- hast mercy on,
- hath compassion,
- hath mercy on,
- have compassion,
- have mercy on,
- having compassion,
- having mercy on,
- is sorry for,
- is sympathetic,
- lament with,
- lamented with,
- lamenting with,
- laments with,
- put out misery,
- put out of misery,
- put out of one misery,
- put out of one's misery,
- put out of ones misery,
- put out one misery,
- put out one's misery,
- put out ones misery,
- puts out misery,
- puts out of misery,
- puts out of one misery,
- puts out of one's misery,
- puts out of ones misery,
- puts out one misery,
- puts out one's misery,
- puts out ones misery,
- putting out misery,
- putting out of misery,
- putting out of one misery,
- putting out of one's misery,
- putting out of ones misery,
- putting out one misery,
- putting out one's misery,
- putting out ones misery,
- show forgiveness,
- show sympathy,
- showed forgiveness,
- showed sympathy,
- showing forgiveness,
- showing sympathy,
- shows forgiveness,
- shows sympathy,
- under stand,
- under stands,
- under stood,
- under-stands,
- under-stood,
- was sorry for,
- was sympathetic,
- wast sorry for,
- wast sympathetic,
- weep for,
- weeping for,
- weeps for,
- wept for,
- were sorry for,
- were sympathetic,
- wert sorry for,
- wert sympathetic,
- empathy,
- Condolement,
- condolements,
- crying shame,
- crying shames,
- dis tress,
- dis tresses,
- dis-tress,
- dis-tresses,
- mis chance,
- mis chances,
- mis fortune,
- mis fortunes,
- mis-fortunes.
-
elevate
- elevated,
- fetch up,
- jack up,
- lift up,
- shoot up,
- Ramped,
- Ramping,
- put up,
- stilts,
- shooting up,
- ex cite,
- ex cited,
- ex cites,
- ex citing,
- ex-cite,
- ex-cited,
- ex-cites,
- fetched up,
- hiked up,
- hiking up,
- in crease,
- in creases,
- in creasing,
- in spire,
- in spired,
- in spires,
- in spiring,
- in-crease,
- in-creased,
- in-creases,
- in-spire,
- in-spired,
- in-spires,
- in-spiring,
- jacked up,
- lifted up,
- lifting up,
- lifts up,
- pyramidded,
- pyramidding,
- re fine,
- re fined,
- re fines,
- re-fine,
- re-fines,
- re-fining,
- shoots up,
- up grade,
- up graded,
- up grades,
- up held,
- up hold,
- up holding,
- up holds,
- up lift,
- up lifted,
- up lifts,
- up raise,
- up raised,
- up raising,
- up-graded,
- up-grades,
- up-held,
- up-hold,
- up-holding,
- up-holds,
- up-lift,
- up-lifted,
- up-lifts,
- up-raise,
- up-raised,
- up-raises,
- up-raising.
- lift up
-
hail
- flag down,
- Volleyed,
- Volleying,
- barraged,
- barraging,
- sing out,
- root for,
- speak to,
- yoo hoo,
- be a native of,
- be born in,
- am a native of,
- am born in,
- are a native of,
- are born in,
- art a native of,
- art born in,
- art native of,
- be ginning,
- be gun,
- be native of,
- be-ginning,
- be-gun,
- beat down up on,
- beat down upon,
- beating down up on,
- beating down upon,
- beats down up on,
- beats down upon,
- being a native of,
- being born in,
- being native of,
- claim as birthplace,
- claimed as birthplace,
- claiming as birthplace,
- claims as birthplace,
- flagged down,
- flagging down,
- hear for,
- hear it for,
- heard for,
- heard it for,
- hearing for,
- hearing it for,
- hears for,
- hears it for,
- is a native of,
- is born in,
- is native of,
- kudize,
- kudized,
- kudizes,
- kudizing,
- re cognize,
- re cognized,
- re cognizes,
- re cognizing,
- re commend,
- re commended,
- re commending,
- re commends,
- re-cognized,
- re-cognizing,
- re-commend,
- re-commended,
- re-commending,
- re-commends,
- rooted for,
- rooting for,
- sang out,
- sings out,
- speaking to,
- speaks to,
- sung out,
- was a native of,
- was born in,
- was native of,
- wast a native of,
- wast native of,
- waved down,
- waves down,
- waving down,
- were a native of,
- were born in,
- wert a native of,
- wert born in,
- whistle down,
- whistle for,
- whistled down,
- whistled for,
- whistles down,
- whistles for,
- whistling down,
- yoo hooed,
- yoo hooing,
- yoo hoos,
- yoo-hoo,
- yoo-hooed,
- yoo-hooing,
- yoohoo,
- yoohooing,
- yoohoos.
- scorn
-
call to, yell for
- hail.
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feel sorry for; spare
- pity.
- attention
- thought
- obedience
- respect
- worship
- courtesy
-
elevation
- deification,
- exaltation,
- glorification,
- levitation,
- preferment,
- sublimity,
- upthrow,
- Immortalization,
- Nobleness,
- Prelation,
- Sublimities,
- lionization,
- Exaltedness,
- deifications,
- exaltednesses,
- immortalizations,
- lionizations,
- noblenesses,
- pre ferment,
- pre ferments,
- pre-ferment,
- pre-ferments,
- preferments,
- prelations,
- up grading,
- up throws,
- up-grading,
- up-throw,
- up-throws,
- upgradings,
- upthrows.
- heed
- duty
- abstraction
-
consideration
- baksheesh,
- considerateness,
- forbearance,
- baksheeshes,
- commish,
- commishes,
- consideratenesses,
- de bate,
- de bates,
- de-bate,
- de-bates,
- ex amination,
- ex aminations,
- ex tent,
- ex tents,
- ex-aminations,
- ex-tent,
- ex-tents,
- fore thought,
- fore thoughts,
- fore-thought,
- fore-thoughts,
- re view,
- re views,
- re-view,
- re-views,
- something sweeten pot,
- something to sweeten pot.
- contemplation
- good manners
- heedfulness
- mercy
- reverence
- sake
- salutation
- speculation
- sympathy
- appreciation
-
compassion
- ruth.
- compunction
- consolation
- deduction
- estimation
- exaltation
- favor
- heart
- honor
- obeisance
- observation
- reflection
- regard
- state of being lost in thought
- recognition of worth
-
empathy
- community of interests,
- in sight,
- community of interest,
- being on same wavelength,
- being same wavelength,
- being there for someone,
- community interest,
- community interests,
- cottoning to,
- cottoning tos,
- good vibration,
- good vibrations,
- hitting it offs,
- in sights,
- in-sight,
- in-sights,
- picking ons,
- picking up on,
- picking up ons,
- picking upon.
- kindness, compassion
- deep thought
- regret, sorrow
- submissiveness
- mental analysis
- relief, comfort
- deep thought; planning
- cogitation
- conclusion, understanding
- attention, homage
- hate; indifference
-
moral obligation
- duty.
- height; high ground
- belief, guess
- approval, good opinion; help
- person's emotions
-
care, thought
- heed.
- thought, thinking
- affection, good opinion
- admiration given by others
- high opinion of something
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benefit, gain
- sake.
- theory, guess
- shared feeling
- formation of mental objects
- honoring, glorification
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Other relevant words
- admire,
- adore,
- adulate,
- appreciate,
- bootlick,
- canonize,
- cherish,
- consider,
- deify,
- dote,
- entertain,
- idolize,
- overestimate,
- overrate,
- overvalue,
- truckle,
- venerate,
- apple-polish,
- acceptance,
- adulation,
- affection,
- deference,
- deification,
- fancy,
- fondness,
- glorification,
- idolatry,
- idolization,
- liking,
- love,
- meekness,
- modesty,
- self-abasement,
- self-distrust,
- tolerance,
- worship,
- lionization.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
johnny come lately
- Antonyms:
- expert, local, national.
