disdain
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verb (used with object)
1.
to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
2.
to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult.
noun
3.
a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a feeling or show of superiority and dislike; contempt; scorn |
| —vb | |
| 2. | (tr; may take an infinitive) to refuse or reject with disdain |
| [C13 dedeyne, from Old French desdeign, from desdeigner to reject as unworthy, from Latin dēdignārī; see | |
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Word Origin & History
disdain
late 13c., from O.Fr. desdeignier, from des- "do the opposite of" + deignier "treat as worthy" (see deign). Related: Disdained; disdainful; disdainfully; disdaining.
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Example sentences
Despite the absence of party backing and the disdain of the city's editorial pages, she ran a raw and raucous campaign -- and won.
He admires journalists, yet professes disdain for their economic ignorance and limited world view.
You've mentioned your disdain for law school several times, usually pretty obliquely in posts on other topics.
Once the indispensable, largely unquestioned measure of the state of the job market, it is now treated with suspicion and disdain.
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