disdain
verb (used with object)
to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
disdaining
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present participleof disdain.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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How does a young woman go from disdaining weapons to designing them?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
Others, disdaining the election, said they had skipped voting altogether.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Stutzman, who was widely quoted during the 2016 campaign disdaining the GOP front-runner, recalls spotting Bera that year at a French restaurant in downtown Sacramento.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
“Should We Stay or Should We Go” can appear heartless as the author rearranges her plot pieces into new formations with almost insolent ease, disdaining anything as cheap as an appeal for readers’ emotional engagement.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2021
But I grew angry at the thought of the three men disdaining Cristiana.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
