disdain
verb (used with object)
to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
have disdained
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present perfectof disdain.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And not just your Folgers-drinking grandparents but venture capitalists, third-wave coffee roasters and aficionados who formerly might have disdained it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
But while elite Southerners may actually have disdained small-fry traders, they didn’t have the same issue with the wealthy threesome of Franklin, Armfield, and Ballard.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2021
Watching “The Happy Prince,” writer-director-star Rupert Everett’s account of the older Oscar Wilde, ungenerous viewers may think of someone who would have disdained the movie: the younger Oscar Wilde.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2018
Old-time coaching gear might have disdained the value of pockets, but in an iPhone/Nike+ world there are multiple compartments that might be a wiser, more accessible choice.
From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2014
Ten weeks ago he would have disdained such plain fare; but now he could eat it with a relish.
From Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good by Albert Walter Tolman
