disdain
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French desdeignier (modern French dédaigner).
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disdain (uncountable)
- (uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
- The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.
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- condescension, contempt, scorn
- See also Wikisaurus:contempt
[edit] Translations
feeling of contempt or scorn
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to disdain (third-person singular simple present disdains, present participle disdaining, simple past and past participle disdained)
- (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be indignant or offended.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXI:
- When the chefe prestes and scribes sawe, the marveylles that he dyd [...], they desdayned, and sayde unto hym: hearest thou what these saye?
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXI:
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- contemn
- See also Wikisaurus:despise
[edit] Translations
to regard someone with strong contempt
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