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disdain 音標拼音: [dɪsd'en] n. 輕蔑
vt. 蔑視,鄙棄 輕蔑蔑視,鄙棄 disdain n 1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; " he was held in contempt"; " the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" [ synonym: { contempt}, { disdain}, { scorn}, { despite}] 2: a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient [ synonym: { condescension}, { disdain}, { patronage}] v 1: look down on with disdain; " He despises the people he has to work for"; " The professor scorns the students who don' t catch on immediately" [ synonym: { contemn}, { despise}, { scorn}, { disdain}] 2: reject with contempt; " She spurned his advances" [ synonym: { reject}, { spurn}, { freeze off}, { scorn}, { pooh- pooh}, { disdain}, { turn down}] Disdain \ Dis* dain"\ (?; 277), n. [ OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. d[' e] dain, fr. the verb. See { Disdain}, v. t.] 1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. [ 1913 Webster] How my soul is moved with just disdain! -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness. [ 1913 Webster] Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The state of being despised; shame. [ Obs.] -- Shak. Syn: Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See { Haughtiness}. [ 1913 Webster]
Disdain \ Dis* dain"\ (?; 277), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Disdained}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Disdaining}.] [ OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. d[' e] daigner; des- ( L. dis-) daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See { Deign}.] 1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act. [ 1913 Webster] Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. -- 1 Sam. xvii. 42. [ 1913 Webster] ' T is great, ' t is manly to disdain disguise. -- Young. Syn: To contemn; despise; scorn. See { Contemn}. [ 1913 Webster]
Disdain \ Dis* dain"\, v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. [ 1913 Webster] And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained. -- Genevan Testament ( Matt. xxi. 15). [ 1913 Webster] 152 Moby Thesaurus words for " disdain": abhor, abjure, airs, antipathetic, antipathy, aristocratic disdain, arrogance, arrogant, audacity, averse, aversion, be above, be contemptuous of, bold front, boldness, brash bearing, brashness, brassiness, bravado, brazenness, brush aside, bumptiousness, care nothing for, cavalier, cavalierness, cheekiness, chuck, chuck out, clannishness, cliquishness, cockiness, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness, contradict, contumeliousness, contumely, daring, daringness, decline, defial, defiance, defying, denigrate, deny, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derision, despisal, despise, despising, despite, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discommend, discount, disdainful, disdainfulness, dismiss, disown, disparage, disparagement, dispraise, disprize, disregard, disvalue, dump on, except, exclude, exclusiveness, feel contempt for, feel superior to, flout, forswear, fuss, haughtiness, haughty, hauteur, high- and- mighty, hold beneath one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in derision, ignore, impertinence, impudence, insolence, insolent, insult, laugh at, laugh to scorn, loftiness, look down upon, lordly, misprize, morgue, overbearing, pass by, pass up, pertness, pick and choose, push aside, put down, rank low, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, reject, rejecting, renounce, repel, repudiate, repulse, ridicule, sauciness, scoff at, scorn, scornfulness, scorning, scout, scouting, set at defiance, set at naught, shove away, slight, slight over, sneer at, sneeze at, sniff at, sniffiness, snobbishness, snootiness, snort at, snottiness, sovereign contempt, spurn, spurning, supercilious, superciliousness, superior, think nothing of, throw away, throw out, toploftiness, treat with contempt, turn away, turn out, unsympathetic, waive
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