Disdain
Etymology
From Old French "desdaign," from "desdaignier," ultimately from Latin "dedignari" (to consider unworthy), "de-" (down, away) + "dignari" (to deem worthy), from "dignus" (worthy). It shares its root with "dignity" and "deign."
noun · /dis-DAYN/
A cool, aloof scorn for something regarded as unworthy.
What it names
Names contempt held at arm’s length — the raised eyebrow rather than the sneer.
Example
She regarded the buffet with the faint disdain of someone who had eaten better and wanted you to know it.
Related idea
Contempt is the deeper judgment that a thing is worthless; disdain is its cooler surface — a refusal to stoop, rather than a verdict of worthlessness.