dis|dain´er

dis|dain´er
dis|dain «dihs DAYN», verb, noun.
–v.t.
to look down on; consider beneath oneself or one's notice; scorn: »

The honest official disdained the offer of a bribe. Now that she is rich, she disdains to speak to her old friends.

 SYNONYM(S): despise, spurn.
–n.
the act of looking down on a person or an action as beneath one; scorn: »

The conceited boy treated his brothers and sisters with disdain.

SYNONYM(S): contempt. See syn. under scorn. (Cf. ↑scorn)
╂[< Old French desdeignier < des- down (< Latin dis-) + deignier to deign < Latin dignārī]
–dis|dain´er, noun.

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