Disdain - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|dɪsˈdeɪn|
Brit.
|dɪsˈdeɪn|
noun
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike (syn: contempt, despite, scorn)
- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient (syn: condescension, patronage)
- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient (syn: condescension, patronage)
verb
- look down on with disdain (syn: contemn, despise, scorn)
- reject with contempt (syn: pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down)
- reject with contempt (syn: pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down)
Extra examples
He regarded their proposal with disdain.
I have a healthy disdain for companies that mistreat their workers.
They disdained him for being weak.
She disdained to answer their questions.
I disdain your sneer.
She watched me with disdain.
Childcare was seen as women's work, and men disdained it.
No one is better than Didion at using flatness of affect and formality of diction to convey seething anger and disdain.
He rejected their offer with a tone of haughty disdain.
He regarded his neighbors with lordly disdain.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: disdain
he/she/it: disdains
present participle: disdaining
past tense: disdained
past participle: disdained
I/you/we/they: disdain
he/she/it: disdains
present participle: disdaining
past tense: disdained
past participle: disdained
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