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    [Noun]  | "dis*dain" | \ dis-ˈdān \


    1: a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : scorn

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English desdeyne, from Anglo-French desdaign, from desdeigner see: {disdain:2 };

    [Verb]  | "dis*dain" | \ dis-ˈdān \


    1: to look on with scorn

    2: to refuse or abstain from because of a feeling of contempt or scorn

    3: to treat as beneath one's notice or dignity

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English desdeynen, from Anglo-French desdeigner, dedeigner, from Vulgar Latin *disdignare, from Latin dis- + dignare to deign {mat|deign|};

    [Noun]  | "disdain" 


    1: open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect;


      * e.g., " ... showing undisguised disdain for the other employees "




    [Verb]  | "disdain" 


    1: to show contempt for;


      * e.g., " ... disdained the deserter as a coward "




     [ "disdain" ]

    1: to look on with scorn; seggragation; to be haten'

      * e.g.,  ... My good sir, I do so ever disdain those irregular ashen commoners from the hood. It does behoove us to dichotomize their lavitories from ours. 

     [ "Disdain" ]

    1: Intense scorn: Extreme contempt or disgust for something or somebody. It's pretty much the same as dispising someone.

      * e.g.,  ... I disdain those that are rude. 

     [ "disdainful" ]

    1: to be full of scorn of contempt.

      * e.g.,  ... His disdainful attitude reflected his unhappiness at losing his job. 

     [ "Disdain" ]

    1: If you treat someone wih disdain, you treat the poorly or not as good as you.

      * e.g.,  ... He treated the boy with disdain 

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