| 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. |
| 3. | a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn. |
dis·dain (dĭs-dān') tr.v. dis·dained, dis·dain·ing, dis·dains
[Middle English disdeinen, from Old French desdeignier, from Vulgar Latin *disdignāre, from Latin dēdignārī : dē-, de- + dignārī, to deem worthy (from dignus, worthy; see dek- in Indo-European roots).] |