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

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.