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disdain
[ dis-deyn, dih-steyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
Antonyms: accept
- to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself:
to disdain replying to an insult.
noun
- a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn.
Synonyms: haughtiness, arrogance
Antonyms: admiration
disdain
/ dɪsˈdeɪn /
noun
- a feeling or show of superiority and dislike; contempt; scorn
verb
- tr; may take an infinitive to refuse or reject with disdain
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Other Words From
- self-dis·dain noun
- undis·daining adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disdain1
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Example Sentences
In a culture that worships celebrities while pretending to disdain them, the Sony emails are catnip for the masses.
It was associated with government heavy-handedness and viewed with disdain.
In the immediate aftermath of the oil spill, apoplectic Southerners cast their disdain towards the North.
Many critics have disdain precisely for this strange messiness of his, this showmanship that dares to create a new order.
His look of disdain at my question lingers as he pronounces laconically: “We kill them.”
He did not disdain to manufacture dainty little dishes for his young mistresses.
The instant lift of Florimond's eyebrows was full of insolent, supercilious disdain.
The tall, slender Spaniard, swarthy and of classic feature, looks about him with suppressed disdain.
He looked at Mandleco with immense disdain, gave a pert tilt of his head and surveyed the room with a grimace of distaste.
The boy's pulses leaped toward these things even while his lips curled in disdain at the shallow decoy.
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