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disdain en · NOUN

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
dĭs-dān'
/dɪsˈdeɪn/
/dɪˈsteɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English disdeynen, from Old French desdeignier (modern French dédaigner).

Meanings

(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
- The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.
- He that with ſhepheards and a litle ſpoyle, Durſt in diſdaine of wrong and tyrannie, Defend his freedome gainſt a Monarchie: What will he doe ſupported by a king? c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
- Everything that could go right for England did although they never felt lucky and they chuckled at Kane’s third that ricocheted off his heel while he was looking the other way. Somewhere in the Moscow outskirts one could only guess at the grand disdain Cristiano Ronaldo will have felt at being supplanted as the tournament’s top scorer in that manner. 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK), retrieved 24 Jun 2018:
- Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
(obsolete, uncountable) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
- Most loathsom, filthy, foul, and full of vile Disdain. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
(obsolete, uncountable) The state of being despised; shame.
- The leaves and fruit maintain'd with beauty's sun ; Exempt from envy , but not from disdain c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:

Translations (62)

bg пренебрежение (feeling of contempt or scorn) · es desdén (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ro dispreț (feeling of contempt or scorn) · pt desdém (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ko 경멸 (feeling of contempt or scorn) · de Geringschätzung (feeling of contempt or scorn) · la despectio (feeling of contempt or scorn) · nn forakt (feeling of contempt or scorn) · cmn 鄙棄 /鄙弃 (feeling of contempt or scorn) · uk прези́рство (feeling of contempt or scorn) · pt desprezo (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ro desconsiderare (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ru презре́ние (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ja 唾棄 (feeling of contempt or scorn) · sh prijezir (feeling of contempt or scorn) · da foragt (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ja 軽蔑 (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ar اِزْدِرَاء (feeling of contempt or scorn) · sh пријезир (feeling of contempt or scorn) · nb forakt (feeling of contempt or scorn) · be пага́рда (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ja 軽侮 (feeling of contempt or scorn) · hu megvetés (feeling of contempt or scorn) · da despekt (feeling of contempt or scorn) · sv förakt (feeling of contempt or scorn) · he בוז (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ja 侮蔑 (feeling of contempt or scorn) · es desdeño (feeling of contempt or scorn) · fr dédain (feeling of contempt or scorn) · cs přezírání (feeling of contempt or scorn) · fi väheksyntä (feeling of contempt or scorn) · it disdegno (feeling of contempt or scorn) · nl ongenoegen (feeling of contempt or scorn) · cs pohrdání (feeling of contempt or scorn) · de Missachtung (feeling of contempt or scorn) · eo malestimo (feeling of contempt or scorn) · bg презрение (feeling of contempt or scorn) · de Verachtung (feeling of contempt or scorn) · pl pogarda (feeling of contempt or scorn) · it sdegno (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ga dímheas (feeling of contempt or scorn) · hi तिरस्कार (feeling of contempt or scorn) · gd tàire (feeling of contempt or scorn) · sh презир (feeling of contempt or scorn) · cs opovržení (feeling of contempt or scorn) · cmn 不屑 (feeling of contempt or scorn) · it disprezzo (feeling of contempt or scorn) · sh prezir (feeling of contempt or scorn) · cs despekt (feeling of contempt or scorn) · scn sdincu (feeling of contempt or scorn) · hy քամահրանք (feeling of contempt or scorn) · gd dìmeas (feeling of contempt or scorn) · la fastus (feeling of contempt or scorn) · fr mépris (feeling of contempt or scorn) · grc ὑπεροψίᾱ (feeling of contempt or scorn) · hy արհամարհանք (feeling of contempt or scorn) · fi halveksunta (feeling of contempt or scorn) · ru пренебреже́ние (feeling of contempt or scorn) · es desprecio (feeling of contempt or scorn) · nl verachting (feeling of contempt or scorn) · enm disdeyne (feeling of contempt or scorn) · cmn 蔑視 /蔑视 (feeling of contempt or scorn)

disdain en · VERB

Pronunciation

(Southern-England) audio
dĭs-dān'
/dɪsˈdeɪn/
/dɪˈsteɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English disdeynen, from Old French desdeignier (modern French dédaigner).

Meanings

(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, is but the apostle of God and His Word, […] The Messiah doth surely not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh to Him; and whosoever disdains His service and is too proud, He will gather them altogether to Himself. But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their hire and will give increase to them of His grace. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with a grievous woe, and they shall not find for them other than God a patron or a help. 1880, “Women”, in Edward Henry Palmer, transl., The Qur'an, verse 170:
- When the Philistine […] saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 17:42:
- The country’s first black president, and its first president to reach adulthood after the Vietnam War and Watergate, Mr. Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other. 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
(intransitive, obsolete) To be indignant or offended.
- When the chefe prestes and scribes sawe, the marveylles that he dyd [...], they desdayned, and sayde unto hym: hearest thou what these saye? 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
disdaining	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
disdains	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
disdained	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
disdained	Tense=Past	lexicographic

Antonyms

honor · adore · respect · revere · admire

Deriveds

undisdained · undisdaining · disdainer · disdainingly

Synonyms

contemn · abominate

Translations (52)

gd tàire (to regard with strong contempt) · ru презре́ть (to regard with strong contempt) · cmn 鄙棄 /鄙弃 (to regard with strong contempt) · cs opovrhovat (to regard with strong contempt) · hy արհամարհել (to regard with strong contempt) · ja 見下す (to regard with strong contempt) · mi whakamanumanu (to regard with strong contempt) · cs pohrdat (to regard with strong contempt) · mi whakatoa (to regard with strong contempt) · cmn 輕蔑 /轻蔑 (to regard with strong contempt) · ja 蔑む (to regard with strong contempt) · scn sdincari (to regard with strong contempt) · pt desprezar (to regard with strong contempt) · mi whakakurīmōri (to regard with strong contempt) · pl gardzić (to regard with strong contempt) · he בָּז (to regard with strong contempt) · fi halveksua (to regard with strong contempt) · la aspernor (to regard with strong contempt) · la dēdignor (to regard with strong contempt) · es desdeñar (to regard with strong contempt) · bg презирам (to regard with strong contempt) · sv förakta (to regard with strong contempt) · mi whakareko (to regard with strong contempt) · hu megvet (to regard with strong contempt) · de verachten (to regard with strong contempt) · ja 唾棄する (to regard with strong contempt) · ru презира́ть (to regard with strong contempt) · mi whakapuw(h)eto (to regard with strong contempt) · la despicio (to regard with strong contempt) · hy քամահրել (to regard with strong contempt) · no forakte (to regard with strong contempt) · cmn 蔑視 /蔑视 (to regard with strong contempt) · mi tokoreko (to regard with strong contempt) · es despreciar (to regard with strong contempt) · fr dédaigner (to regard with strong contempt) · fr mépriser (to regard with strong contempt) · cmn 不屑 (to regard with strong contempt) · ja 軽蔑する (to regard with strong contempt) · it sdegnare (to regard with strong contempt) · ja 軽侮する (to regard with strong contempt) · arz احتقر (to regard with strong contempt) · mi tamatama (to regard with strong contempt) · enm disdeynen (to regard with strong contempt) · it sprezzare (to regard with strong contempt) · mi whakatoatoa (to regard with strong contempt) · de verschmähen (to regard with strong contempt) · it spregiare (to regard with strong contempt) · pt desdenhar (to regard with strong contempt) · no kimse av (to regard with strong contempt) · hi तिरस्कार (to regard with strong contempt) · nl minachten (to regard with strong contempt) · nl versmaden (to regard with strong contempt)