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Word: Disdain
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French desdeign (noun), desdeignier (verb), based on Latin dedignari, from de- (expressing reversal) + dignari ‘consider worthy’ (from dignus ‘worthy’)
dɪsˈdeɪn
the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect
Short Definition:feeling that person or thing is unworthy of one's consideration or respect
Examples:- her upper lip curled in disdain
- an aristocratic disdain for manual labour
Word: Disdain
Speech Type: Verb
dɪsˈdeɪn
consider to be unworthy of one's consideration
Short Definition:consider to be unworthy of one's consideration
Examples:- he disdained his patients as an inferior rabble
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