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disdain
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disdain \Dis*dain"\, v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels
that he did . . . they disdained.
--Genevan
Testament
(Matt. xxi.
15).
Disdain \Dis*dain"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disdained; p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.] [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. d['e]daigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See Deign.]
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To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.
Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living.
--Sir P. Sidney. -
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.
When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.
--1 Sam. xvii. 42.'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.
--Young.Syn: To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.
Disdain \Dis*dain"\ (?; 277), n. [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. d['e]dain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t.]
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A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
How my soul is moved with just disdain!
--Pope.Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness.
Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes.
--Shak. -
That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.]
Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain.
--Spenser. -
The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.]
--Shak.Syn: Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., desdegne "scorn, contempt," earlier dedeyne "offended dignity" (c.1300), from Old French desdeigne, from desdeignier (see disdain (v.)). Sometimes in early Modern English shortened to sdain, sdainful. Related: disdainful; disdainfully.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) A feeling of contempt or scorn. 2 (context obsolete English) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. 3 (context obsolete English) The state of being despised; shame. vb. (context transitive English) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
WordNet
n. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: contempt, scorn, despite]
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient [syn: condescension, patronage]
v. look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately" [syn: contemn, despise, scorn]
reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, turn down]
Wikipedia
Disdain is a feeling of contempt or scorn.
Disdain may also refer to:
- USS Disdain (AM-222)
- HMS Disdain (I05)
- So Disdained 1928 novel by Nevil Shute
- Disdain (EP), an EP by Alien Huang
- "Disdain", a song by Knuckle Puck from their 2015 album Copacetic
- "Disdain", by Unsane from Visqueen, 2007
Bù Xiè ( "Disdain") is Taiwanese Mandopop artist Alien Huang's (aka Xiao Gui 小鬼) Mandarin solo debut EP album. It was released on 17 July 2009 by Rock Records. A second edition, Disdain (Limited Edition) on 16 September 2009 with a bonus DVD containing two music videos and behind-the-scene footage.
In this EP Alien collaborated with label mates, rock band Fun4 . The tracks "鬼混" (Fooling Around) was previously released in 2008 as a promotional single with Alien's second illustration book "鬼怒穿", and together with "鬼打牆" (Demon Walls) are rock tracks. The title track "不屑" (Disdain) is a rock ballad.
Usage examples of "disdain".
In voluminous correspondence with members of Congress and in his private writings, Adams had not a complaining or disrespectful word to say about Franklin, nothing of the bitter disdain expressed in letters the year before.
We knew, however, that she disdained the squatters on the Woorara and the Ubi, though she did not mind breaking their hearts, and that she also was infected with the Anglomania, and would never marry any one but a travelled and cultivated Englishman.
O thou, the very power by which I am, And but for which it were in vain to be, Chief next Diana, virgin heavenly fair, Admired Arete, of them admired Whose souls are not enkindled by the sense, Disdain not my chaste fire, but feed the flame Devoted truly to thy gracious name.
A thing was the disdain and burla, but very different other was to be attacked by a boy to whom it finishes saluting in they are of peace.
When I ventured to suggest that such transport would be preferable to contending with an ox and cart all the way to Cathair Ban, I received merely a growl of disdain from Buinne and a shrug from Iollan, which suggested that neither of them possessed this particular skill.
Flung into the foreign environment, he had proved himself a true soldier son, for he learned what he must know by doing it, and ignored the disdain of some of his fellows that he had come to the cavalla but was not descended from the old knighthood.
Antioch and Alexandria looked down with disdain on a crowd of dependent cities, and yielded, with reluctance, to the majesty of Rome itself.
Major - de Coverley swept it away with mighty displeasure the moment he recognized what it was, his good eye flaring up blindingly with fiery disdain and his enormous old corrugated face darkening in mountainous wrath.
Von Hammer excuses the silence with which the Turkish historians pass over the earlier intercourse of the Ottomans with the European continent, of which he enumerates sixteen different occasions, as if they disdained those peaceful incursions by which they gained no conquest, and established no permanent footing on the Byzantine territory.
Hiding his disdain, he smiled fatuously while accepting his own screen from two of the little women who had produced it.
Even at this distance Kydd could see that the sailor was disdaining to cling on, instead balancing between the tiny footrope he stood on while leaning familiarly against the big spar.
The very hour of the trial, when this unfortunate, heroic girl is thrown entirely on herself--wounded by her absolute friendlessness, yet disdaining to complain.
The company was completed by a peasant in a rude dress of undyed sheepskin, with the old-fashioned galligaskins about his legs, and a gayly dressed young man with striped cloak jagged at the edges and parti-colored hosen, who looked about him with high disdain upon his face, and held a blue smelling-flask to his nose with one hand, while he brandished a busy spoon with the other.
But another and holier treasure, You would now perchance disdain, Will come when your toil is over, And pay you for all your pain.
Without destroying the distinction of ranks, a distant prospect of freedom and honors was presented, even to those whom pride and prejudice almost disdained to number among the human species.