disdained

Meanings

• adjective

  Showing contempt or scorn; despising.

  - "He showed disdained towards her pleas."
  - "The arrogant man displayed disdained for the common people."

• verb

  Refuse to acknowledge or accept (someone or something); treat with contempt.

  - "He disdained to acknowledge his mistakes."
  - "She was disdained by her peers for her unconventional ideas."

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Antonyms

admire , adore , honor , respect , revere

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Synonyms

abominate , contemn

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with disdained
dained , rained , mained , pained

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Variants

List of all variants of disdained that leads to same result
disdain , disdained , disdaining , disdains

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Etymology

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Old French desdainer, from des- 'apart' + daignier 'consider'.

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Trivia

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1. The word disdained is often used in literature to describe characters in works by Shakespeare, such as Macbeth and Hamlet.

2. In music, the term disdainful can be used to describe a melody or rhythm that is deliberately difficult to play or sing, requiring a high level of skill and precision.

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Related Concepts

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1. Contempt: A strong feeling of dislike and disrespect towards someone or something.

2. Scorn: A feeling of contempt or disdain, often expressed through mockery or derision.

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Quotes

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1. Only in our last days on the peninsula (the arm of Antarctica that polar scientists "disdain" as the "Banana Belt") did we see our first frozen sea …

   - Kate Ford,{it}Wall Street Journal{/it},12 June 1998

2. The right eyes him [Thomas Jefferson] suspiciously as a limousine Jacobin so enamored of revolution that he once suggested we should have one every 20 years. The left "disdains" him as your basic race hypocrite.

   - Charles Krauthammer,{it}Time{/it},22 May 2000

3. There is also evidence of epic womanizing that Mr. Schickel mentions but loftily announces that he "disdains" to tell us about.

   - Camille Paglia,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},21 July 1991

4. His vehicle would be a form he both enjoyed and "disdained"—pulp fiction.

   - Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},20 Sept. 1992

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Culture

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Disdained is often used in literature to describe characters who are proud, arrogant, or look down on others. It can also be used to describe the feeling of being rejected or scorned.

How to Memorize "disdained"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone with a haughty expression and a dismissive attitude towards others to help remember the meaning of disdained.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the feeling of looking down on someone or something with contempt.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering that disdained starts with the letter D and is related to the idea of looking down on something.

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