Disdain
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English
Noun
Disdain (uncountable)- (uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
- The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.
Verb
Disdain (third-person singular simple present Disdains, present participle Disdaining, simple past and past participle Disdained)
- (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be indignant or offended.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXI:
- When the chefe prestes and scribes sawe, the marveylles that he dyd [...], they desdayned, and sayde unto hym: hearest thou what these saye?
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXI:
Adjectives for Disdain
condescending; supercilious; pardonable; chill; withering; pathetic; haughty; high-toned; quick; icy; cynical; aggressive; bitter; well-bred; invincible; lofty; aristocratic; ineffable; proud; profound; incredulous; unutterable; constructive; uncharitable; scornful; vile; utmost; listless; cold; monotonous; immovable; unquenchable; contemptuous.
Verbs for Disdain
call in—; conceive—; confer—upon; convert to—; cool—; deserve—; disregard—; entertain—for; jeer in—; regard with—; reject with—; reply in—; reproach with—; retire in—; scan with—; sting with—; suffer—; taunt in—; treat with—; turn up one's nose in—; upbraid with—; view with—; wrinkle one's nose in—; —displeases; — embitters; —grows; —infuriates; —melts; —offends ; —pierces ; —swells ; —vexes.
Adverbs for Disdain
sneeringly; churlishly; superciliously; condescendingly; witheringly; icily; haughtily; cynically; bitterly; aristocratically; proudly; uncharitably; scornfully; coldly; contemptuously.
Synonyms for Disdain
noun
- condescension, contempt, scorn, contumely, arrogance, scornfulness, pride, superciliousness, haughtiness, derision.
verb
Antonyms for Disdain
admiration, respect, praise, laudation, encouragement, flattery, esteem, favor, support.
Thesaurus
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
Etymology
From Old French desdeignier (modern French dédaigner).
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