英语词汇“disdain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

disdaindisdain1 /dɪsˈdeɪn/ noun [uncountable] formal

COLLOCATIONS► with disdain

She spoke of her ex-husband with disdain.

a complete lack of respect for someone or something that you think is not important or good enough SYN contempt: disdain for They expressed disdain for Western pop culture. She spoke of her ex-husband with disdain.

noun | verb

disdaindisdain2 verb

ETYMOLOGYdisdain²

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French desdeignier, from deignier; ➔ DEIGN

VERB TABLE

disdain

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	disdain
	he, she, it	disdains
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	disdained
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have disdained
	he, she, it	has disdained
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had disdained
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will disdain
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have disdained

1[transitive] to have no respect for someone or something that you think is not important or good enough: He disdains New York and the art that is produced there.2disdain to do something to refuse to do something because you are too proud to do it: Tom Butler disdained to reply to such a trivial question.