Question

Choose the word that gives the antonym of the word italicized.
Everyone admired his ideas on this issue.
a. Disappointed
b. Discarded
c. Neglected
d. Disapproved

Answer 1

Hint: In this case, we must find a word whose meaning is completely different than that of ‘admired’.

Complete step by step answer:
Words that are opposite in meaning to each other are also known as antonyms. Anything that is opposite differs in its meaning completely from the given word. If the word is benevolent, its opposite would be a word that means having a tendency to do evil to others i.e., malevolent.
In the given question, the word is ‘admired’. Admired is a word that is derived from the Latin word ‘admiriari’. Admired means to regard someone with respect or warm approval. Now, that we know what the word means, we must find a word whose meaning is the opposite of ‘admired’.
For this purpose, we shall consider the given options.

Option ‘a’ disappointed means to be displeased when your expectations are not met.

Option ‘b’ discarded means get rid of something.

Option ‘c’ neglected means to not receive proper attention.

Option ‘d’ disapproved means to disregard as good.
Out of all the given options, only option ‘d’ is the opposite or the antonym of admired. Therefore, option ‘d’ disapproved is the correct answer.

Note: Let us consider the problematic areas of this question. If you do not know the meanings of the options well, you may select disappointed as the answer because of its negative meaning. Such options are known as distractors. You must only select the option that is exactly opposite in meaning to the given word.