noun

the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect.

her upper lip curled in disdain

contempt,scorn,scornfulness,contemptuousness,derision,disrespect,disparagement,condescension,superciliousness,hauteur,haughtiness,arrogance,lordliness,snobbishness,aloofness,indifference,dismissiveness,distaste,dislike,disgust,despite,contumely

verb

consider to be unworthy of one’s consideration.

he disdained his patients as an inferior rabble

scorn,deride,pour scorn on,regard with contempt,show contempt for,be contemptuous about,sneer at,sniff at,curl one’s lip at,pooh-pooh,look down on,belittle,undervalue,slight,despise,look down one’s nose at,turn up one’s nose at,thumb one’s nose at,contemn,misprize