Disdain word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "disdain" word
[noun] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
[verb] reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
[verb] 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"
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\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}.] 1. 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. 2. 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 Dawid, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. --1 Sam. xvii. 42. 'T is great, 't manly to disdain disguise. --Young. Syn: To contemn; despise; scorn. See {Contemn}.
\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).
Synonyms for disdain
condescension, contemn, contempt, despise, despite, freeze off, patronage, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, scorn, scorn, spurn, turn down
See also: brush off | depreciation | derogation | detest | dislike | disparagement | hate | rebuff | repel | snub |
Related terms: be above, care nothing for, cavalier, denigrate, deprecate, despising, except, hold beneath one, lordly, misprize, pass up, recant, rejecting, set at defiance, sneer at, snottiness, sovereign contempt, spurn, spurning, superior, throw away, throw out
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Let's analyse "disdain" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Three vowels. 42.9% of vowels is 4.3% more then average English word. Written in backwards: NIADSID. Average typing speed for these characters is 2020 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
disdain: 9 + 1 + 9 = 19, reduced: 1 . and the final result is One. |
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