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disdain

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
dɪsˈdeɪn

Definitions

  1. A feeling of contempt or scorn.
    uncountable
  2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
    obsolete, uncountable
  3. The state of being despised; shame.
    obsolete, uncountable

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Examples

“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?”
“Disdain and scorn ride⟳ sparkling in her eyes.”
“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.”
“Most loathsom, filthy, foul, and full of vile Disdain.”
“The leaves and fruit maintain'd with beauty's sun ; Exempt from envy , but not from disdain”

CEFR level

C2
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See also

disdaine Disdained disdainer Disdainful Disdainfully Disdainfulness

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