disdain
/dɪsˈdeɪn/
disdain noun: a feeling of contempt or scorn.
Noun
disdain (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...
- 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
- The state of being despised; shame.
- The leaves and fruit maintain'd with beauty's sun ; Exempt from envy , but not from disdainc. 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...
Verb
disdain (third-person singular simple present disdains, present participle disdaining, simple past and past participle disdained)
- To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- 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 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...1880, “Women”, in Edward Henry Palmer, transl., The Qur'an, verse 170
- 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
disdain meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
disdain in Hindi
- feeling of contempt or scorn
- तिरस्कार tiraskār
- to regard with strong contempt
- तिरस्कार tiraskār
disdain in Tamil
- disdain, spurn
- சீ cī
disdain in Urdu
- disdain, abhorrence, repulsion
- گھرنا ghirnā
- disdain
- گھن ghin
disdain in Bengali
- disdain, contempt, scorn
- হেকারত hekarot
More languagesFewer languages
- disdain in Malayalam
- നിന്ദിക്കുക, പഴിക്കുക, വെറുക്കുക, പുച്ഛിക്കുക
- disdain in Kannada
- ಅಸಡ್ಡೆ, ತಿರಸ್ಕಾರ, ಧಿಕ್ಕಾರ, ಅಲಕ್ಷ್ಯ
- disdain in Sanskrit
- क्षिप् kṣip
- disdain in Arabic
- اِزْدِرَاء izdirāʔ
Examples of disdain in a sentence
- 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...
- 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...
- 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:
Synonyms of disdain
Antonyms
Forms of disdain
| third-person singular present | disdains |
|---|---|
| present participle | disdaining |
| past participle | disdained |
| past | disdained |
Origin of disdain
From Middle English disdeynen, from Old French desdeignier (modern French dédaigner).
Words formed from disdain
Words that rhyme with disdain
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
Questions about disdain
- What does disdain mean?
- Disdain means a feeling of contempt or scorn.
- What is disdain in Hindi?
- Disdain in Hindi is तिरस्कार (tiraskār). See Disdain meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use disdain in a sentence?
- Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes.
- What part of speech is disdain?
- Disdain can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce disdain?
- Disdain is pronounced /dɪsˈdeɪn/.
Words near disdain in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disdain (page history and authors); சீ (Tamil) (page history and authors); گھرنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); হেকারত (Bengali) (page history and authors); disdain (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disdain (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); क्षिप् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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