Definition of disdain in English:

disdain

noun dɪsˈdeɪndɪsˈdeɪn

mass noun

The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect.
鄙视，蔑视
her upper lip curled in disdain
她充满蔑视地撇了撇上唇。
an aristocratic disdain for manual labour
对体力劳动的一种贵族式的蔑视。
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite her disdain for the class and it's students, Angelique had better luck than most of them.
- Those who have it, use it, with condescension and casual disdain for those on the receiving end.
- His contempt for ineptitude as well as his disdain for those who held opinions contrary to his was legendary.
- He spoke with such fondness of the tuna melt, that despite my disdain for tinned tuna, I felt compelled to try one.
- Despite his evident disdain for her, he still seemed uncomfortable arresting a woman who had been his friend and colleague for many years.
- Despite his disdain for much about the town at the time, the rector was optimistic about the future.
- Secondly, progressives should perhaps rethink their own disdain for service-based outreach programs.
- His eyes blaze with contempt and disdain for you and your people.
- Despite her disdain for the bad boys, they keep on pursuing her.
- Neither side bothered to hide disdain for the opposition.
- Certainly, she's arrogant and her disdain for them is palpable.
- Scientists will have to step out of their laboratories and humanists will have to give up their haughty disdain for modernity.
- My utter disdain for the zoologist is no secret; I think he is ridiculously overrated as an intellectual.
- In an incredible display of arrogance and disdain for the fans, we had to search for our umbrellas among piles of them left in heaps on the floor.
- In this case, I find it difficult to understand why there's so much hatred and disdain for this movie.
- Despite my general disdain for the community at large, community service would be somewhat pointless without it.
- In fact, its disdain for conventional musical genre - despite an obviously strong love of music - is what elevates it above the competition.
- The literary establishment's incoherent critique combines snobbish disdain for popular culture with an ahistorical philistinism.
- He is also very arrogant, showing disdain for those who are not as observant or skilled as he is.
- Humans generally held him in high contempt, showing disdain for him in some places, utterly shunning him in others.
Synonyms
contempt, scorn, scornfulness, contemptuousness, derision, disrespect
disparagement, condescension, superciliousness, hauteur, haughtiness, arrogance, lordliness, snobbishness, aloofness, indifference, dismissiveness
distaste, dislike, disgust
archaic despite, contumely

verb dɪsˈdeɪndɪsˈdeɪn

[with object]

1Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration.
鄙视；蔑视
he disdained his patients as an inferior rabble
Example sentencesExamples
- And I believe he puts a lot of weight on loyalty, and he disdains disloyalty.
- Populism is very powerful where the populace is disdained by the elites.
- However, the change in tone of the Oscar ceremony disproportionately affects what the women will wear if ballroom gowns are disdained.
- He also disdains the disappearing-island theory, citing the contradiction of the building boom.
- They disdained make-up and shampoo but drove nice cars and lived in expensively decorated tree-houses.
- Aside from mushrooms, fungi are widely disdained by the agriculture industry.
- Although accustomed to supporting others through their physical pain, Sam disdains emotional intimacy ‘because it hurts.’
- Those who disdain wealth as crass materialism need to understand that wealth is one of the biggest life-saving factors in the world.
- He disdains the definition ‘disabled,’ traveling six months a year to play, win and show everybody it can be done.
- He ranks high among the great detectives of fiction but does so unobtrusively, disdaining self-advertisement.
- He always disdained the idea of a ‘cradle competition’ between rich and poor, native and immigrant, white and black.
- Of the three countries to put the constitution to the popular vote, two have now disdained it.
- Dismissed by the press, disdained by opponents, Cassius Clay kept on winning.
- Political parties are much disdained these days, often deservedly.
- In a climate where the very idea of academic judgement is disdained, it is hardly surprising that some would cling to what appears to be a more precise and scientific approach.
- A long time ago, an editor left this paper and wrote a farewell column in which he disdained our readers and letter-writers.
- By 1980, major record companies disdained the music, preferring the slicker stylings of the new wave.
- Usually, it disdains the use of facades as a shell for a new building.
- He disdains public explanations, or conversations: he rarely gives press interviews and when he does, he doesn't say much.
- He disdained deep delta blues, calling it ‘negative’.
Synonyms
scorn, deride, pour scorn on, regard with contempt, show contempt for, be contemptuous about, sneer at, sniff at, curl one's lip at, pooh-pooh, look down on, belittle, undervalue, slight
despise
informal look down one's nose at, turn up one's nose at, thumb one's nose at
archaic contemn
rare misprize
1. 1.1 Refuse to do (something) from feelings of pride or superiority.
  鄙弃；傲慢地拒绝（某物）
  she remained standing, pointedly disdaining his invitation to sit down
  她仍然站着，显然对他入座的邀请不屑一顾。
  with infinitive he disdained to discuss the matter further
  他傲慢地拒绝进一步讨论这个问题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Perigryne felt his gaze upon her once again, but she disdained to move from her position.
  He ‘distained to mingle in the intrigues of court life’ and found his chief occupation in the formation of his collection.
  Snape was sitting at the desk, but he disdained to even so much as lay a finger on the keypad.
  She wanted him to stop, wanted to plead for her release, but she disdained to beg for him, and she doubted that it would influence his intent in the slightest.
  Synonyms
  spurn, reject, refuse, rebuff, disregard, ignore, snub
  decline, turn down, brush aside

Origin

Middle English: from Old French desdeign (noun), desdeignier (verb), based on Latin dedignari, from de- (expressing reversal) + dignari 'consider worthy' (from dignus 'worthy').

deign from Middle English:
To deign is to do something that you consider beneath your dignity, and the word is bound up with ‘dignity’. It goes back to Latin dignare ‘to judge to be worthy’, which was formed from dignus ‘worthy’, the source of dignity (Middle English), and dignify (Late Middle English), and the negative disdain (Middle English) ‘consider unworthy’.

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne

Definition of disdain in US English:

disdain

noundɪsˈdeɪndisˈdān

The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt.
鄙视，蔑视
her upper lip curled in disdain
她充满蔑视地撇了撇上唇。
an aristocratic disdain for manual labor
对体力劳动的一种贵族式的蔑视。
Example sentencesExamples
- Neither side bothered to hide disdain for the opposition.
- The literary establishment's incoherent critique combines snobbish disdain for popular culture with an ahistorical philistinism.
- In an incredible display of arrogance and disdain for the fans, we had to search for our umbrellas among piles of them left in heaps on the floor.
- His contempt for ineptitude as well as his disdain for those who held opinions contrary to his was legendary.
- He is also very arrogant, showing disdain for those who are not as observant or skilled as he is.
- In this case, I find it difficult to understand why there's so much hatred and disdain for this movie.
- Despite my general disdain for the community at large, community service would be somewhat pointless without it.
- Despite his disdain for much about the town at the time, the rector was optimistic about the future.
- My utter disdain for the zoologist is no secret; I think he is ridiculously overrated as an intellectual.
- Despite his evident disdain for her, he still seemed uncomfortable arresting a woman who had been his friend and colleague for many years.
- Those who have it, use it, with condescension and casual disdain for those on the receiving end.
- His eyes blaze with contempt and disdain for you and your people.
- Certainly, she's arrogant and her disdain for them is palpable.
- In fact, its disdain for conventional musical genre - despite an obviously strong love of music - is what elevates it above the competition.
- Secondly, progressives should perhaps rethink their own disdain for service-based outreach programs.
- Scientists will have to step out of their laboratories and humanists will have to give up their haughty disdain for modernity.
- He spoke with such fondness of the tuna melt, that despite my disdain for tinned tuna, I felt compelled to try one.
- Despite her disdain for the class and it's students, Angelique had better luck than most of them.
- Humans generally held him in high contempt, showing disdain for him in some places, utterly shunning him in others.
- Despite her disdain for the bad boys, they keep on pursuing her.
Synonyms
contempt, scorn, scornfulness, contemptuousness, derision, disrespect

verbdɪsˈdeɪndisˈdān

[with object]

1Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration.
鄙视；蔑视
gamblers disdain four-horse races
赌徒们认为四马竞赛不值一赌。
Example sentencesExamples
- He disdains the definition ‘disabled,’ traveling six months a year to play, win and show everybody it can be done.
- By 1980, major record companies disdained the music, preferring the slicker stylings of the new wave.
- He always disdained the idea of a ‘cradle competition’ between rich and poor, native and immigrant, white and black.
- They disdained make-up and shampoo but drove nice cars and lived in expensively decorated tree-houses.
- He also disdains the disappearing-island theory, citing the contradiction of the building boom.
- Those who disdain wealth as crass materialism need to understand that wealth is one of the biggest life-saving factors in the world.
- However, the change in tone of the Oscar ceremony disproportionately affects what the women will wear if ballroom gowns are disdained.
- Of the three countries to put the constitution to the popular vote, two have now disdained it.
- He disdained deep delta blues, calling it ‘negative’.
- Usually, it disdains the use of facades as a shell for a new building.
- He ranks high among the great detectives of fiction but does so unobtrusively, disdaining self-advertisement.
- Populism is very powerful where the populace is disdained by the elites.
- In a climate where the very idea of academic judgement is disdained, it is hardly surprising that some would cling to what appears to be a more precise and scientific approach.
- Although accustomed to supporting others through their physical pain, Sam disdains emotional intimacy ‘because it hurts.’
- A long time ago, an editor left this paper and wrote a farewell column in which he disdained our readers and letter-writers.
- Aside from mushrooms, fungi are widely disdained by the agriculture industry.
- He disdains public explanations, or conversations: he rarely gives press interviews and when he does, he doesn't say much.
- Dismissed by the press, disdained by opponents, Cassius Clay kept on winning.
- And I believe he puts a lot of weight on loyalty, and he disdains disloyalty.
- Political parties are much disdained these days, often deservedly.
Synonyms
scorn, deride, pour scorn on, regard with contempt, show contempt for, be contemptuous about, sneer at, sniff at, curl one's lip at, pooh-pooh, look down on, belittle, undervalue, slight
1. 1.1 Refuse or reject (something) out of feelings of pride or superiority.
  鄙弃；傲慢地拒绝（某物）
  she remained standing, pointedly disdaining his invitation to sit down
  她仍然站着，显然对他入座的邀请不屑一顾。
  with infinitive he disdained to discuss the matter further
  他傲慢地拒绝进一步讨论这个问题。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She wanted him to stop, wanted to plead for her release, but she disdained to beg for him, and she doubted that it would influence his intent in the slightest.
  Snape was sitting at the desk, but he disdained to even so much as lay a finger on the keypad.
  He ‘distained to mingle in the intrigues of court life’ and found his chief occupation in the formation of his collection.
  Perigryne felt his gaze upon her once again, but she disdained to move from her position.
  Synonyms
  spurn, reject, refuse, rebuff, disregard, ignore, snub

Origin

Middle English: from Old French desdeign (noun), desdeignier (verb), based on Latin dedignari, from de- (expressing reversal) + dignari ‘consider worthy’ (from dignus ‘worthy’).

单词	disdain
释义	Definition of disdain in English: disdain noun dɪsˈdeɪndɪsˈdeɪn mass noun The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect. 鄙视，蔑视 her upper lip curled in disdain 她充满蔑视地撇了撇上唇。 an aristocratic disdain for manual labour 对体力劳动的一种贵族式的蔑视。 Example sentencesExamples Despite her disdain for the class and it's students, Angelique had better luck than most of them. Those who have it, use it, with condescension and casual disdain for those on the receiving end. His contempt for ineptitude as well as his disdain for those who held opinions contrary to his was legendary. He spoke with such fondness of the tuna melt, that despite my disdain for tinned tuna, I felt compelled to try one. Despite his evident disdain for her, he still seemed uncomfortable arresting a woman who had been his friend and colleague for many years. Despite his disdain for much about the town at the time, the rector was optimistic about the future. Secondly, progressives should perhaps rethink their own disdain for service-based outreach programs. His eyes blaze with contempt and disdain for you and your people. Despite her disdain for the bad boys, they keep on pursuing her. Neither side bothered to hide disdain for the opposition. Certainly, she's arrogant and her disdain for them is palpable. Scientists will have to step out of their laboratories and humanists will have to give up their haughty disdain for modernity. My utter disdain for the zoologist is no secret; I think he is ridiculously overrated as an intellectual. In an incredible display of arrogance and disdain for the fans, we had to search for our umbrellas among piles of them left in heaps on the floor. In this case, I find it difficult to understand why there's so much hatred and disdain for this movie. Despite my general disdain for the community at large, community service would be somewhat pointless without it. In fact, its disdain for conventional musical genre - despite an obviously strong love of music - is what elevates it above the competition. The literary establishment's incoherent critique combines snobbish disdain for popular culture with an ahistorical philistinism. He is also very arrogant, showing disdain for those who are not as observant or skilled as he is. Humans generally held him in high contempt, showing disdain for him in some places, utterly shunning him in others. Synonyms contempt, scorn, scornfulness, contemptuousness, derision, disrespect disparagement, condescension, superciliousness, hauteur, haughtiness, arrogance, lordliness, snobbishness, aloofness, indifference, dismissiveness distaste, dislike, disgust archaic despite, contumely verb dɪsˈdeɪndɪsˈdeɪn [with object] 1Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration. 鄙视；蔑视 he disdained his patients as an inferior rabble Example sentencesExamples And I believe he puts a lot of weight on loyalty, and he disdains disloyalty. Populism is very powerful where the populace is disdained by the elites. However, the change in tone of the Oscar ceremony disproportionately affects what the women will wear if ballroom gowns are disdained. He also disdains the disappearing-island theory, citing the contradiction of the building boom. They disdained make-up and shampoo but drove nice cars and lived in expensively decorated tree-houses. Aside from mushrooms, fungi are widely disdained by the agriculture industry. Although accustomed to supporting others through their physical pain, Sam disdains emotional intimacy ‘because it hurts.’ Those who disdain wealth as crass materialism need to understand that wealth is one of the biggest life-saving factors in the world. He disdains the definition ‘disabled,’ traveling six months a year to play, win and show everybody it can be done. He ranks high among the great detectives of fiction but does so unobtrusively, disdaining self-advertisement. He always disdained the idea of a ‘cradle competition’ between rich and poor, native and immigrant, white and black. Of the three countries to put the constitution to the popular vote, two have now disdained it. Dismissed by the press, disdained by opponents, Cassius Clay kept on winning. Political parties are much disdained these days, often deservedly. In a climate where the very idea of academic judgement is disdained, it is hardly surprising that some would cling to what appears to be a more precise and scientific approach. A long time ago, an editor left this paper and wrote a farewell column in which he disdained our readers and letter-writers. By 1980, major record companies disdained the music, preferring the slicker stylings of the new wave. Usually, it disdains the use of facades as a shell for a new building. He disdains public explanations, or conversations: he rarely gives press interviews and when he does, he doesn't say much. He disdained deep delta blues, calling it ‘negative’. Synonyms scorn, deride, pour scorn on, regard with contempt, show contempt for, be contemptuous about, sneer at, sniff at, curl one's lip at, pooh-pooh, look down on, belittle, undervalue, slight despise informal look down one's nose at, turn up one's nose at, thumb one's nose at archaic contemn rare misprize 1.1 Refuse to do (something) from feelings of pride or superiority. 鄙弃；傲慢地拒绝（某物） she remained standing, pointedly disdaining his invitation to sit down 她仍然站着，显然对他入座的邀请不屑一顾。 with infinitive he disdained to discuss the matter further 他傲慢地拒绝进一步讨论这个问题。 Example sentencesExamples Perigryne felt his gaze upon her once again, but she disdained to move from her position. He ‘distained to mingle in the intrigues of court life’ and found his chief occupation in the formation of his collection. Snape was sitting at the desk, but he disdained to even so much as lay a finger on the keypad. She wanted him to stop, wanted to plead for her release, but she disdained to beg for him, and she doubted that it would influence his intent in the slightest. Synonyms spurn, reject, refuse, rebuff, disregard, ignore, snub decline, turn down, brush aside Origin Middle English: from Old French desdeign (noun), desdeignier (verb), based on Latin dedignari, from de- (expressing reversal) + dignari 'consider worthy' (from dignus 'worthy'). deign from Middle English: To deign is to do something that you consider beneath your dignity, and the word is bound up with ‘dignity’. It goes back to Latin dignare ‘to judge to be worthy’, which was formed from dignus ‘worthy’, the source of dignity (Middle English), and dignify (Late Middle English), and the negative disdain (Middle English) ‘consider unworthy’. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne Definition of disdain in US English: disdain noundɪsˈdeɪndisˈdān The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt. 鄙视，蔑视 her upper lip curled in disdain 她充满蔑视地撇了撇上唇。 an aristocratic disdain for manual labor 对体力劳动的一种贵族式的蔑视。 Example sentencesExamples Neither side bothered to hide disdain for the opposition. The literary establishment's incoherent critique combines snobbish disdain for popular culture with an ahistorical philistinism. In an incredible display of arrogance and disdain for the fans, we had to search for our umbrellas among piles of them left in heaps on the floor. His contempt for ineptitude as well as his disdain for those who held opinions contrary to his was legendary. He is also very arrogant, showing disdain for those who are not as observant or skilled as he is. In this case, I find it difficult to understand why there's so much hatred and disdain for this movie. Despite my general disdain for the community at large, community service would be somewhat pointless without it. Despite his disdain for much about the town at the time, the rector was optimistic about the future. My utter disdain for the zoologist is no secret; I think he is ridiculously overrated as an intellectual. Despite his evident disdain for her, he still seemed uncomfortable arresting a woman who had been his friend and colleague for many years. Those who have it, use it, with condescension and casual disdain for those on the receiving end. His eyes blaze with contempt and disdain for you and your people. Certainly, she's arrogant and her disdain for them is palpable. In fact, its disdain for conventional musical genre - despite an obviously strong love of music - is what elevates it above the competition. Secondly, progressives should perhaps rethink their own disdain for service-based outreach programs. Scientists will have to step out of their laboratories and humanists will have to give up their haughty disdain for modernity. He spoke with such fondness of the tuna melt, that despite my disdain for tinned tuna, I felt compelled to try one. Despite her disdain for the class and it's students, Angelique had better luck than most of them. Humans generally held him in high contempt, showing disdain for him in some places, utterly shunning him in others. Despite her disdain for the bad boys, they keep on pursuing her. Synonyms contempt, scorn, scornfulness, contemptuousness, derision, disrespect verbdɪsˈdeɪndisˈdān [with object] 1Consider to be unworthy of one's consideration. 鄙视；蔑视 gamblers disdain four-horse races 赌徒们认为四马竞赛不值一赌。 Example sentencesExamples He disdains the definition ‘disabled,’ traveling six months a year to play, win and show everybody it can be done. By 1980, major record companies disdained the music, preferring the slicker stylings of the new wave. He always disdained the idea of a ‘cradle competition’ between rich and poor, native and immigrant, white and black. They disdained make-up and shampoo but drove nice cars and lived in expensively decorated tree-houses. He also disdains the disappearing-island theory, citing the contradiction of the building boom. Those who disdain wealth as crass materialism need to understand that wealth is one of the biggest life-saving factors in the world. However, the change in tone of the Oscar ceremony disproportionately affects what the women will wear if ballroom gowns are disdained. Of the three countries to put the constitution to the popular vote, two have now disdained it. He disdained deep delta blues, calling it ‘negative’. Usually, it disdains the use of facades as a shell for a new building. He ranks high among the great detectives of fiction but does so unobtrusively, disdaining self-advertisement. Populism is very powerful where the populace is disdained by the elites. In a climate where the very idea of academic judgement is disdained, it is hardly surprising that some would cling to what appears to be a more precise and scientific approach. Although accustomed to supporting others through their physical pain, Sam disdains emotional intimacy ‘because it hurts.’ A long time ago, an editor left this paper and wrote a farewell column in which he disdained our readers and letter-writers. Aside from mushrooms, fungi are widely disdained by the agriculture industry. He disdains public explanations, or conversations: he rarely gives press interviews and when he does, he doesn't say much. Dismissed by the press, disdained by opponents, Cassius Clay kept on winning. And I believe he puts a lot of weight on loyalty, and he disdains disloyalty. Political parties are much disdained these days, often deservedly. Synonyms scorn, deride, pour scorn on, regard with contempt, show contempt for, be contemptuous about, sneer at, sniff at, curl one's lip at, pooh-pooh, look down on, belittle, undervalue, slight 1.1 Refuse or reject (something) out of feelings of pride or superiority. 鄙弃；傲慢地拒绝（某物） she remained standing, pointedly disdaining his invitation to sit down 她仍然站着，显然对他入座的邀请不屑一顾。 with infinitive he disdained to discuss the matter further 他傲慢地拒绝进一步讨论这个问题。 Example sentencesExamples She wanted him to stop, wanted to plead for her release, but she disdained to beg for him, and she doubted that it would influence his intent in the slightest. Snape was sitting at the desk, but he disdained to even so much as lay a finger on the keypad. He ‘distained to mingle in the intrigues of court life’ and found his chief occupation in the formation of his collection. Perigryne felt his gaze upon her once again, but she disdained to move from her position. Synonyms spurn, reject, refuse, rebuff, disregard, ignore, snub Origin Middle English: from Old French desdeign (noun), desdeignier (verb), based on Latin dedignari, from de- (expressing reversal) + dignari ‘consider worthy’ (from dignus ‘worthy’).
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