disdain
/dis'dein/
Definition
Noun:
- A feeling of contemptuous superiority or scorn: A strong feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect.
- An attitude or expression of such contempt: A manner or communication that shows a lack of respect.
Verb:
- To regard or treat with contempt: To consider someone or something as unworthy and to look down upon them.
- To reject or refuse something out of contempt: To dismiss or spurn something because it is considered beneath one.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- She looked at the poorly written report with undisguised disdain.
- His disdain for popular culture was well known among his colleagues.
Verb:
- He disdained their offer of help, preferring to work alone.
- The artist disdained commercial success, focusing only on her personal vision.
Advanced Usage
"To hold in disdain": To regard someone or something with contempt.
- The old aristocracy held the new merchant class in disdain.
"With disdain": As an adverbial phrase describing an action done scornfully.
- She waved his suggestion away with a disdainful flick of her hand.
Variants and Related Words
Disdainful (adj): Showing contempt or scorn.
- He gave a disdainful laugh at the proposal.
Disdainfully (adv): In a manner showing contempt.
- She spoke disdainfully of her former employer.
Synonyms
- Contempt: The feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration.
- Scorn: A feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.
- Derision: Contemptuous ridicule or mockery.
Related Phrases
"A look of disdain": A facial expression showing scorn.
- He met the accusation with a cold look of disdain.
"Beneath one's disdain": So worthless as to not even merit contempt.
- Such petty gossip was beneath her disdain.
Noun
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a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
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lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
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he was held in contempt
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the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
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Verb
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reject with contempt
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She spurned his advances
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look down on with disdain
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He despises the people he has to work for
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The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately
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