DISDAIN
\dɪsdˈe͡ɪn], \dɪsdˈeɪn], \d_ɪ_s_d_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of DISDAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
By Princeton University
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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"
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reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
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The state of being despised; shame.
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To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.
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To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
By Oddity Software
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That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
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The state of being despised; shame.
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To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.
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To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To think unworthy: to reject as unworthy or unsuitable: to scorn.
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A feeling of scorn or aversion: haughtiness.
By Daniel Lyons
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Scorn; haughtiness.
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To scorn.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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