DISDAIN


Meaning of DISDAIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsdeɪn ]

( disdains, disdaining, disdained)

1.

If you feel disdain for someone or something, you dislike them because you think that they are inferior or unimportant.

Janet looked at him with disdain...

= contempt, scorn

N-UNCOUNT : oft N for n

2.

If you disdain someone or something, you regard them with disdain.

Jackie disdained the servants that her millions could buy.

VERB : V n

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