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treat with contempt — index disdain, flout, mock (deride) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disdain — I noun abhorrence, abjuration, abnegation, act of despising, act of discrediting, act of loathing, act of scorning, act of shunning, act of spurning, act of taunting, airs, arrogance, contempt, contemptio, contemptuousness, contumeliousness,… … Law dictionary
disdain — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ utter ▪ obvious ▪ aristocratic, haughty, snobbish, snooty (informal, esp. AmE … Collocations dictionary
disdain — 1 noun (U) a complete lack of respect that you show for someone or something because you think they are not at all worth paying attention to (+ for): He maintained an obvious disdain for the customs of the local people. | treat sb/sth with… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
disdain — /dis dayn , di stayn /, v.t. 1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. 2. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult. n. 3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as… … Universalium
disdain — Synonyms and related words: abhor, abjure, airs, antipathetic, antipathy, aristocratic disdain, arrogance, arrogant, audacity, averse, aversion, be above, be contemptuous of, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado,… … Moby Thesaurus
disdain — dis•dain [[t]dɪsˈdeɪn, dɪˈsteɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn 2) to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.: to disdain replying to an insult[/ex] 3) a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy;… … From formal English to slang
disdain — /dɪsˈdeɪn / (say dis dayn) verb (t) 1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. 2. to think unworthy of notice, performance, etc.; consider beneath oneself. –noun 3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty… …
disdain — [dis dān′] vt. [ME disdeinen < OFr desdaignier < VL * disdignare, for LL dedignare < L dedignari < dis , DIS + dignari: see DEIGN] to regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one s dignity; specif., to refuse or reject with aloof… … English World dictionary
disdain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English desdeyne, from Anglo French desdaign, from desdeigner Date: 14th century a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior ; scorn II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English… … New Collegiate Dictionary
