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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun disdain has 2 senses
- disdain(n = noun.feeling) contempt, despite, scorn - lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" is a kind of dislike
- disdain(n = noun.communication) condescension, patronage - a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; Array is a kind of depreciation, derogation, disparagement
Derived form verb disdain1
Verb disdain has 2 senses
- disdain(v = verb.emotion) contemn, despise, scorn - 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" is one way to detest, hate
- disdain(v = verb.communication) freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" is one way to decline, refuse
Derived form noun disdain1
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot disdain Sue
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
disdain, n. & v.
--n. scorn; contempt.
--v.tr.
1 regard with disdain.
2 think oneself superior to; reject (disdained his offer; disdained to enter; disdained answering).
--n. scorn; contempt.
--v.tr.
1 regard with disdain.
2 think oneself superior to; reject (disdained his offer; disdained to enter; disdained answering).
Etymology
ME f. OF desdeign(ier) ult. f. L dedignari (as DE-, dignari f. dignus worthy)
THESAURUS
disdain
abhor, abjure, airs, antipathetic, antipathy, aristocratic disdain, arrogance, arrogant, audacity, averse, aversion, be above, be contemptuous of, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado, brazenness, brush aside, bumptiousness, care nothing for, cavalier, cavalierness, cheekiness, chuck, chuck out, clannishness, cliquishness, cockiness, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness, contradict, contumeliousness, contumely, daring, daringness, decline, defial, defiance, defying, denigrate, deny, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derision, despisal, despise, despising, despite, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discommend, discount, disdainful, disdainfulness, dismiss, disown, disparage, disparagement, dispraise, disprize, disregard, disvalue, dump on, except, exclude, exclusiveness, feel contempt for, feel superior to, flout, forswear, fuss, haughtiness, haughty, hauteur, high-and-mighty, hold beneath one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in derision, ignore, impertinence, impudence, insolence, insolent, insult, laugh at, laugh to scorn, loftiness, look down upon, lordly, misprize, morgue, overbearing, pass by, pass up, pertness, pick and choose, push aside, put down, rank low, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, rejecting, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, sauciness, scoff at, scorn, scornfulness, scorning, scout, scouting, set at defiance, set at naught, shove away, slight, slight over, sneer at, sneeze at, sniff at, sniffiness, snobbishness, snootiness, snort at, snottiness, sovereign contempt, spurn, spurning, supercilious, superciliousness, superior, think nothing of, throw away, throw out, toploftiness, treat with contempt, turn away, turn out, unsympathetic, waiveROGET THESAURUS
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Indifference
N indifference, neutrality, coldness, anaphrodisia, unconcern, insouciance, nonchalance, want of interest, want of earnestness, anorexy, anorexia, inappetency, apathy, supineness, disdain, recklessness, inattention, anaphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, lust-quencher, passion-queller, indifferent, cold, frigid, lukewarm, cool, cool as a cucumber, unconcerned, insouciant, phlegmatic, pococurante, easygoing, devil-may- care, careless, listless, lackadaisical, half-hearted, unambitious, unaspiring, undesirous, unsolicitous, unattracted, aloof, unapproachable, remote, uncaring, unattractive, unalluring, undesired, undesirable, uncared for, unwished, unvalued, all one to, insipid, vain, for aught one cares, Int, never mind, Who cares? whatever you like, whatever, I couldn't care less, I could care less, anything will do, es macht nichts.Contempt
N contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt, despisal, despiciency, despisement, vilipendency, contumely, slight, sneer, spurn, by-word, despect, contemptuousness, scornful eye, smile of contempt, derision, despisedness, contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, withering, contumelious, supercilious, cynical, haughty, bumptious, cavalier, derisive, contemptible, despicable, pitiable, pitiful, despised, downtrodden, unenvied, unrespectable (unworthy), contemptuously, Int, a fig for, bah!, never mind!, away with!, hang it!, fiddlededee!, a dismal universal hiss, the sound of public scorn, I had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a.VB despise, contemn, scorn, disdain, feel contempt for, view with a scornful eye, disregard, slight, not mind, pass by, look down upon, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect, think nothing of, think small beer of, make light of, underestimate, esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account, take no account of, care nothing for, set no store by, not care a straw, sneeze at, set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one's fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, damn with faint praise, whistle at, sneer at, curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas, laugh at, point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn, scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at, turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon, tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot, spurn, kick, fling to the winds, send away with a flea in the ear.
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