Definition of Disdain

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Disdain

A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.

That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.

The state of being despised; shame.

To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.

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.

To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

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Disdain Quotations

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
Michelangelo

A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.
William Congreve

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.
Bill Murray

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.
Charles Lamb

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
Pierre Corneille

The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly.
Phillip Noyce

I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts.
Robert Walpole

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world.
Trent Lott

Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions?
Thomas Hooker

Disdain Translations

disdain in Italian is disprezzare, trascurare
disdain in Latin is contemptio, fastidium

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