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.

OTHER WORDS FOR disdain

1 contemn, spurn.

3 haughtiness, arrogance.

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OPPOSITES FOR disdain

1 accept.

3 admiration.

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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

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3. See contempt.

OTHER WORDS FROM disdain

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

How to use disdain in a sentence

She made no secret of her disdain for traditional public schools — calling them “a dead end” in 2015 and derogatorily referring to them as “government schools.”
Betsy DeVos is gone — but ‘DeVosism’ sure isn’t. Look at what Florida, New Hampshire and other states are doing.|Valerie Strauss|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
By 1965, disdain for the John Birch Society was common outside conservative circles.
Long before QAnon, Ronald Reagan and the GOP purged John Birch extremists from the party|Erick Trickey|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
She was irritated too by the sloppiness of the FBI in interfering in code-breaking work, and felt that the agency had always looked at her with disdain and in a sexist light, yet still demanded her help because of her indispensable talents.
How America's ‘First Female Cryptanalyst’ Cracked the Code of Nazi Spies in World War II—and Never Lived to See the Credit|Suyin Haynes|January 11, 2021|Time
Democrats currently hold 48 seats in that chamber, and a number of Republican lawmakers have expressed disdain for Hawley’s plan.
Louie Gohmert’s failed election lawsuit, briefly explained|Cameron Peters|January 2, 2021|Vox

He contrasted, with disdain, the productive industrialist and the idle landowner, whose land increases in value regardless of any input he or she might make.
There’s a Way for the City to Balance Density With Quality of Life|Nico Calavita and Brian J. Curry|December 15, 2020|Voice of San Diego
But the Czar, disdaining to reply to these indirect reproaches cast on his policy, continued his questions.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
The Aztecs literally died in their tracks, disdaining to fly.
South American Fights and Fighters|Cyrus Townsend Brady
In his turn, Griffith walked away, in haughty silence, as if disdaining to hold communion with his former friend.
The Pilot|J. Fenimore Cooper
She was a poet, disdaining measure, but exquisite in rhythm,--for nothing can be more musical than her style.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII|John Lord
They placed themselves in wicker easy-chairs, under the heavy-scented rose cupola, disdaining the coffee that waited on a table.
Murder in Any Degree|Owen Johnson

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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