Disdain definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

In other languages. disdain ... If you feel disdain for someone or something, you dislike them because you think that they are inferior or unimportant. She looked ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'disdain'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× disdain (dɪsdeɪn ) Wordforms:3rdpersonsingularpresent tensedisdains ,presentparticipledisdaining ,pasttense,pastparticipledisdained 1. uncountablenoun Ifyoufeeldisdainforsomeoneorsomething,youdislikethembecauseyouthinkthattheyareinferiororunimportant. Janetlookedathimwithdisdain. [Also+for]Synonyms:contempt,dislike,scorn,arrogance MoreSynonymsofdisdain 2. verb Ifyoudisdainsomeoneorsomething,youregardthemwithdisdain. Jackiedisdainedtheservantsthathermillionscouldbuy.[VERBnoun] 3. verb Ifyoudisdaintodosomething,youdonotdoit,becauseyoufeelthatyouaretooimportanttodoit. FranklintoldSarathathehadhimselfdisdainedtotakethejob.[VERBto-infinitive] MoreSynonymsofdisdain COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof disdain Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'disdain' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'disdain' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'auldlangsyne' HindiTranslationof'disdain' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency disdaininBritishEnglish (dɪsˈdeɪn ) noun1. afeelingorshowofsuperiorityanddislike;contempt;scorn verb2. (tr;maytakeaninfinitive) torefuseorrejectwithdisdain CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC13dedeyne,fromOldFrenchdesdeign,fromdesdeignertorejectasunworthy,fromLatindēdignārī;seedis-1,deign WordFrequency disdaininAmericanEnglish (dɪsˈdeɪn ) verbtransitive1.  toregardortreatasunworthyorbeneathone'sdignity;specif.,torefuseorrejectwithaloofcontemptorscorn noun2.  thefeeling,attitude,orexpressionofdisdaining;aloofcontemptorscorn SIMILARWORDS: deˈspise Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordoriginMEdisdeinen