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disdeign

disdeign is the obsolete form of disdain.

Meaning of disdain

Verb

disdain (third-person singular simple present disdains, present participle disdaining, simple past and past participle disdained)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (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

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Forms of disdeign

third-person singular presentdisdeigns
present participledisdeigning
past participledisdeigned
pastdisdeigned

Questions about disdeign

What is disdeign the obsolete form of?
Disdeign is the obsolete form of disdain.

Words near disdeign in the dictionary

  1. disdars
  2. disdeified
  3. disdeifies
  4. disdeify
  5. disdeifying
  6. disdeign
  7. disdeigned
  8. disdeigning
  9. disdeigns
  10. disdiapason
  11. disdiapasons

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