Disdain \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.
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How my soul is moved with just disdain! --Pope.
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Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness.
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Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes.
--Shak.
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2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with
contempt and aversion. [Obs.]
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Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile
disdain. --Spenser.
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3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.] --Shak.
Syn: Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See
Haughtiness.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disdain \Dis*dain"\, v. i.
To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be
haughty.
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And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels
that he did . . . they disdained. --Genevan
Testament
(Matt. xxi.
15).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Disdain \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.
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Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of
the best knight living. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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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.
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When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained
him; for he was but a youth. --1 Sam. xvii.
42.
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'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.
--Young.
Syn: To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
disdain
n 1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;
"he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which
outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: contempt, scorn,
despite]
2: a communication that indicates lack of respect by
patronizing the recipient [syn: condescension, patronage]
v 1: 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" [syn: contemn, despise, scorn]
2: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject,
spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, turn down]
WordNet (r) 2.0
152 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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