Dictionary Entry
disdain
disdain is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
- 2transitive verb
That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
- 3transitive verb
The state of being despised; shame.
- 4transitive verb
To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.
- 5transitive verb
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.
- 6intransitive verb
To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
- 7noun
a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Synonyms
- 8noun
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
"he was held in contempt"
"the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
- 9verb
reject with contempt
"She spurned his advances"
- 10verb
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"
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