DISDAIN


Meaning of DISDAIN in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ great

▪ utter

▪ obvious

▪ aristocratic , haughty , snobbish , snooty ( informal , esp. AmE )

VERB + DISDAIN

▪ feel , have

She did not hesitate to express the ~ that she felt.

▪ express , show

Judges sometimes show great ~ for the law.

▪ look on sb/sth with , look upon sb/sth with , treat sb/sth with

Traditionalists look upon the changes with ~.

▪ hide

Marcus had trouble hiding his ~ for the man.

PREPOSITION

▪ in ~

She turned her head away in ~.

▪ with ~

Why does he treat his father with such ~?

▪ ~ for

He has an aristocratic ~ for money.

PHRASES

▪ an expression of ~ , a look of ~

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .