disdain
21disdain — /dis dayn , di stayn /, v.t. 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. n. 3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as… …
22disdain — 1. noun /dɪsˈdeɪn/ A feeling of contempt or scorn. The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away. Syn: condescension, contempt, scorn 2 …
23disdain — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
24disdain — [14] Disdain comes via Old French desdeigner from *disdignāre, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēdignāri ‘scorn’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘un , not’ and dignāre ‘consider worthy’ (source of English deign [13]). => …
25disdain — dis·dain || dɪs deɪn n. contempt, scorn v. look with scorn on, spurn, belittle; refuse in disdain …
26disdain — noun the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one s consideration or respect. verb consider or reject with disdain. Origin ME: from OFr. desdeign (n.), desdeignier (v.), based on L. dedignari, from de (expressing reversal) + dignari… …
27disdain — 1. noun she looked at him with disdain Syn: contempt, scorn, scornfulness, contemptuousness, derision, disrespect; disparagement, condescension, superciliousness, hauteur, haughtiness, arrogance, snobbishness, indifference, distaste, dislike,… …
28disdain — 1. noun she looked at him with disdain Syn: contempt, scorn, derision, disrespect, condescension, superciliousness, hauteur, haughtiness Ant: respect 2. verb she disdained exhibitionism Syn: scorn …
29disdain — dis•dain [[t]dɪsˈdeɪn, dɪˈsteɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn 2) to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.: to disdain replying to an insult[/ex] 3) a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy;… …
30disdain — [14] Disdain comes via Old French desdeigner from *disdignāre, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēdignāri ‘scorn’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘un , not’ and dignāre ‘consider worthy’ (source of English deign [13]). Cf.⇒… …
