Disdain

Definition of Disdain

Dis`dain´

n.	1.	A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! - Pope. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. - Shak.
	2.	That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. - Spenser.
	3.	The state of being despised; shame.
v. t.	1.	To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act. [imp. & p. p. Disdained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.] Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. - Sir P. Sidney.
	2.	To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc. When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. - 1 Sam. xvii. 42. 'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise. - Young.
v. i.	1.	To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained. - Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).

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