/dis dayn", di stayn"/ , v.t.
1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
2. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult.
n.
3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn.
[ 1300-50; (v.) ME disdainen de ( s ) deigner (see DIS- 1 , DEIGN); (n.) ME disdeyn desdai ( g ) n , deriv. of the verb ]
Syn. 1. contemn, spurn. 3. haughtiness, arrogance. See contempt .
Ant. 1. accept. 3. admiration.