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disdain
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(n) contempt, scorn
(v) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on |
SYNONYMS: aversion, abhor, antipathy, disparagement, vilification, despisement
ANT: approbation, revere, favor, esteem, admire |
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haughty (adj)
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arrogant, contemptuous, sass, hoitytoity, arrogance, overbearing, supercilious, uppity, condescending
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ANT: reticent, meek, modest, timid, obsequious
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imperious (adj)
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arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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SYN: disdainful, haughty, lordly, proud, arrogant, supercilious
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patronizing (v)
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denigrating, condescending, deign, pretentious, snubbing, demeaning
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ANT: demure, awe-inspiring, antagonizing
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truncated (v)
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pruned, loped, abridged, dimunition, quench, curtail
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ANT: protracted, expand, prolong, increase, elongate
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cryptic (adj)
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SYN: enigmatic, nebulous, occult like, mysterious, arcane, inscrutable
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ANT: obvious, straignt-forward, flagrant, explicit, fathomable
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futile (adj)
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SYN: delusive, extraneous, otiose, nugatory, superfluous
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ANT: productive, fruitful, prolific, beneficial
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impede (v)
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SYN: thwart, encumber, stymie, deter
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ANT: abet, facilitate, expedite, assuage
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mercurial (adj)
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SYN: effervescent, vacillating, capricious, erratic, irrepressible, lubricious
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ANT: reliable, staid, imperturbable, resolute, constant, steadfast, dependable
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quandary (n)
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SYN:
dilemma, predicament, mire, impasse, quagmire, plight |
ANT:
decisiveness resolution certainty |
