disdains

Meanings

• verb

  feel or express contempt or disgust for (someone or something)

  - "She disdains to speak to him."
  - "He disdains to eat fast food."

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Antonyms

admire , adore , honor , respect , revere

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Synonyms

abominate , contemn

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Variants

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disdain , disdained , disdaining , disdains

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to scorn' or 'to despise'. From Old French 'desdainer', 'to disdain' or 'to scorn'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'disdain' has six letters.

2. The word 'disdain' appears in the King James Version of the Bible.

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Related Concepts

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1. contempt: A feeling of strong dislike and disrespect for someone or something.

2. despise: To feel strong dislike or hatred for someone or something.

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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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In literature, 'disdain' is often used to describe a character's attitude towards others or towards situations. For instance, in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Tybalt expresses his disdain for the Montagues.

How to Memorize "disdains"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person with a disgusted expression and a haughty posture, turning their nose up at someone or something.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'disdain' with the feeling of superiority and contempt.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the phrase 'disdain' is spelled like the word 'despise' with an 'a' instead of an 'i'.

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