Meaning Of The Word Disdain

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disdain
uncountable noun: If you feel disdain for someone or something, you dislike them because you think that they are inferior or unimportant.
verb: If you disdain someone or something, you regard them with disdain.

disdain in American English
the feeling, attitude, or expression of disdaining; aloof contempt or scorn
to regard or treat as unworthy or beneath one's dignity; specif., to refuse or reject with aloof contempt or scorn
noun: a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn
transitive verb: to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn

disdain in British English
noun: a feeling or show of superiority and dislike; contempt; scorn
verb: to refuse or reject with disdain

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