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Disdain

Disdain Meaning & Definition
Disdain Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Disdain?

[n] a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
[n] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
[v] reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
[v] look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Disdain: condescension | contemn | contempt | despise | despite | freeze off | patronage | pooh-pooh | reject | scorn | scorn | scorn | spurn | turn down

Related Terms | Find terms related to Disdain: abhor | abjure | airs | antipathetic | antipathy | aristocratic disdain | arrogance | arrogant | audacity | averse | aversion | be above | be contemptuous of | bold front | boldness | brash bearing | brashness | brassiness | bravado | brazenness | brush aside | bumptiousness | care nothing for | cavalier | cavalierness | cheekiness | chuck | chuck out | clannishness | cliquishness | cockiness | contemn | contempt | contemptuousness | contradict | contumeliousness | contumely | daring | daringness | decline | defial | defiance | defying | denigrate | deny | deprecate | depreciate | deride | derision | despisal | despise | despising | despite | disapprove | discard | disclaim | discommend | discount | disdainful | disdainfulness | dismiss | disown | disparage | disparagement | dispraise | disprize | disregard | disvalue | dump on | except | exclude | exclusiveness | feel contempt for | feel superior to | flout | forswear | fuss | haughtiness | haughty | hauteur | high-and-mighty | hold beneath one | hold cheap | hold in contempt | hold in derision | ignore | impertinence | impudence | insolence | insolent | insult | laugh at | laugh to scorn | loftiness | look down upon | lordly | misprize | morgue | overbearing | pass by | pass up | pertness | pick and choose | push aside | put down | rank low | rebuff | recant | refuse | refuse to consider | reject | rejecting | renounce | repel | repudiate | repulse | ridicule | sauciness | scoff at | scorn | scornfulness | scorning | scout | scouting | set at defiance | set at naught | shove away | slight | slight over | sneer at | sneeze at | sniff at | sniffiness | snobbishness | snootiness | snort at | snottiness | sovereign contempt | spurn | spurning | supercilious | superciliousness | superior | think nothing of | throw away | throw out | toploftiness | treat with contempt | turn away | turn out | unsympathetic | waive

See Also | brush off | depreciation | derogation | detest | dislike | disparagement | hate | rebuff | repel | snub

Disdain In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*dain"\ (?; 277), n. [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. d['e]dain, fr. the verb. See {Disdain}, v. t.] 1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! --Pope. Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. --Shak. 2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.] Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. --Spenser. 3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.] --Shak. Syn: Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See {Haughtiness}.
\Dis*dain"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disdained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disdaining}.] [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. d['e]daigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See {Deign}.] 1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act. Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. --Sir P. Sidney. 2. To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc. When the Philistine . . . saw Dawid, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. --1 Sam. xvii. 42. 'T is great, 't manly to disdain disguise. --Young. Syn: To contemn; despise; scorn. See {Contemn}.
\Dis*dain"\, v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained. --Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).

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