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Meaning disdain meaning

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disdain

— noun (= contempt, despite) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike he was held in contempt the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary — verb (= despise, scorn) look down on with disdain He despises the people he has to work for The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately — verb (= reject, spurn) reject with contempt She spurned his advances — noun (= condescension) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient

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disdain English » English

scorn contempt despise slight disparage contemn neglect disregard disrespect look down upon insult despite treat with contempt spurn look down on dishonor derision belittle underestimate turn down snub shun shrink from rejection reject pooh-pooh loathe hold in contempt detest condescension treat with disrespect show disrespect sarcasm refuse patronage overlook mock freeze off flout dislike despisal criticism blame attack affront violate underrate treat discourteously think nothing of squeamish

Topics disdain topics

What do people use disdain to talk about?
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Despise someone

Conjugation disdain conjugation

How do you conjugate disdain?

disdain · verb

Examples disdain examples

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Simple sentences

Tom didn't notice the look of disdain on Mary's face.
It is necessary to have a healthy disdain for wealth.

Movie subtitles

Were you aware that in Nuremberg, and in Nuremberg in particular. not only a physical relationship with Jews was viewed with disdain. but every social contact?
Disdain fosters his pride, dislike breathes hatred.
We wanted everyone to be able to feel our disdain, and our rebellion as exiles, the meaning of our struggle, the historical meaning.
But it looks to me like a way of regarding life with moralistic and puritanical disdain.
I trample on it in disdain.
Human kindness which he kept in so much disdain.
If there is an intellect in space, it should look on us with scorn and disdain.
Perhaps..algum commentary of disdain for my size and my men.
See the mountains kiss high heaven, And the waves clasp one another No sister-flower would be forgiven If it disdain'd its brother And the sunlight clasps the earth, And the moonbeams kiss the sea.
What, my dear Lady Disdain!
Is it possible disdain should die, while she hath such meet food as Signior Benedick?
Courtesy must convert to disdain if you come in her presence.
Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes, misprising what they look on, and her wit values itself so highly, that to her, all matter else seems weak.
Which of these exemplifies elegant disdain yet sincere concern?
I beg my noble guests not to disdain my invitation, just a simple meal.
As such, I disdain you.
That look of disdain suits you.
I disdain it deep inside. No!
The disdain in which he must hold me. Because I loved Carlotta, it follows automatically I must love you.
You know, I can swallow his dishonesty, vulgarity and disdain but something gets stuck.
This court looks upon corruption with great disdain.
You must now be smeared with the holy grease of disdain.
It's one which most people would be envious of, yet you seem to treat it with disdain.
I am immune to your disdain.
From their lofty perch, pissing down on the justice system with disdain.
My colleagues disdain me.
Ever since the war, the warrior caste have had nothing but disdain for us.
To see them disdain a master like you!
They don't disdain even the men.
Oh Ruslan mine, don't me disdain!
Our anonymous critic nevertheless has the merit of having illustrated better than the others the utter ineptitude of the antihistorical perspective he advocates and the real motivations behind these impotent people's pretended disdain for reality.
He taught contempt for the real world and disdain for the practical application of scientific knowledge.
Julia treated him as she seemed to treat all the world with mild disdain, but with an air of possession.
Of six who showed disdain, One witness was left to endeavor.
I can swallow his dishonesty, vulgarity and disdain but something gets stuck.
We didn't summon you in order to disdain you.
From the beginning, your manners convinced me of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others.
Do you think any consideration would tempt me? Your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others!
Although it is not a form of disdain.
It was the envy and disdain.
Impious man, to disdain our noble Prior and threaten us with violence?

News and current affairs

The solution is not just to build more hospitals, but also to change deep-rooted disdain for women.
It treated the UN Security Council with disdain in its rush to war in Iraq, invoking justifications that have not stood up to scrutiny.
Arabs express their disdain for Zionism by equating the Zionist project to the creation of a colony, to which millions of Jewish settlers have come.
But if disdain is shown for the WTO process, there will be little incentive for China to comply during the difficult months ahead.
Many intellectuals disdain popular culture because of its crude commercialism.
None of this swayed the rest of the world, which views the war with disdain and alarm.
A few years ago, I started hearing a troubling refrain: business leaders are feeling the type of public disdain once reserved for politicians.
The disdain felt by de Gaulle, a man of the north, for the emotional settlers across the sea had deepened.
No, the author has many of his facts wrong and goes beyond reasonable speculation, which brings him disdain from scientists.
India's first and longest-serving prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, spent his political career instilling in his people the habits of democracy: disdain for dictators, respect for parliamentary procedures, and abiding faith in the constitutional system.
The fact that European offers of military help have been treated with disdain has not yet back-fired.
Hence Buchanan's disdain for romanticizing government action.
Of course, there is a certain logic to the public's disdain for superstar compensation outside of professional sports and entertainment.
Is Texas swagger merely to be replaced by the distinguished disdain of a Boston Brahmin?
The Fund's proposal has been greeted with predictable disdain and derision by the financial industry.
She has publicly expressed her disdain for both large national parties; she would much rather lead a coalition than join one.
That thought may lead us to disdain the kind of philanthropic graffiti that leads to donors' names being prominently displayed on concert halls, art museums, and college buildings.
Strident rhetoric and a hegemon's disdain for the interests of smaller neighbors create only enmity, not harmony.
Euroskeptic politicians elected to the European Parliament are often treated with the disdain that true believers reserve for the infidel.
Ahmadinejad maintains some support among the poor and rural classes, but he is viewed with disdain by much of the ruling class, even within his own political camp.

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