单词 | disdain |
释义 | disdain /dis dayn", di stayn"/, v.t. 1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn. 2. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult. n. 3. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn. [1300-50; (v.) ME disdainen < AF de(s)deigner (see DIS-1, DEIGN); (n.) ME disdeyn < AF desdai(g) n , deriv. of the verb] Syn. 1. contemn, spurn. 3. haughtiness, arrogance. See contempt. Ant. 1. accept. 3. admiration. |
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