disdain

[ dis-deyn, dih-steyn ]

/ dɪsˈdeɪn, dɪˈsteɪn /

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verb (used with object)

to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.

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.

Words nearby disdain

discus, discuss, discussant, discussion, discutient, disdain, disdainful, disease, disease determinant, diseased, diseconomy

Origin of disdain

1300–50; (v.) Middle English disdainen < Anglo-French de(s)deigner (see dis-¹, deign); (noun) Middle English disdeyn < Anglo-French desdai(g)n, derivative of the verb

SYNONYMS FOR disdain

1 contemn, spurn.

3 haughtiness, arrogance.

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ANTONYMS FOR disdain

1 accept.

3 admiration.

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OTHER WORDS FROM disdain

self-dis·dain, nounun·dis·dain·ing, adjective

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3. See contempt.

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Examples from the Web for disdain

In a culture that worships celebrities while pretending to disdain them, the Sony emails are catnip for the masses.
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It was associated with government heavy-handedness and viewed with disdain.
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In the immediate aftermath of the oil spill, apoplectic Southerners cast their disdain towards the North.
Deepwater Horizon: Life Drowning in Oil|Samuel Fragoso|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many critics have disdain precisely for this strange messiness of his, this showmanship that dares to create a new order.
Frank Gehry Is Architecture’s Mad Genius|Sarah Moroz|October 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His look of disdain at my question lingers as he pronounces laconically: “We kill them.”
Why Does the Free Syrian Army Hate Us?|Jamie Dettmer|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I begin now to comprehend your disdain of customs which impose chains so idly galling on the liberty of our sex.
The Parisians, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Twas as if the flood of her joy had swept away all hardness and disdain.
A Lady of Quality|Frances Hodgson Burnett
He saw that disdain, that it was shallow and streaked with ebony.
Foes|Mary Johnston
If such terms were habitually used regarding 236 mechanics, we might learn to regard masons and carpenters with disdain.
Maids Wives and Bachelors|Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
"Certainly," the wounded lion uttered with a roar of disdain.
Poor Relations|Compton Mackenzie

British Dictionary definitions for disdain

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

Word Origin for disdain

C13 dedeyne, from Old French desdeign, from desdeigner to reject as unworthy, from Latin dēdignārī; see dis- 1, deign

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noun

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