DISDAIN


Meaning of DISDAIN in English

vt the state of being despised; shame.

2. disdain ·vi to be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

3. disdain ·vt that which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.

4. disdain ·vt to think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.

5. disdain ·vt a feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

6. disdain ·vt 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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