# disdain

Pronunciation: US say "dis-DAYN" /dɪsˈdeɪn/; UK

## Noun

1. A feeling of scorn or contempt for someone or something considered unworthy.
   - Simple: A feeling that someone or something is not good enough to deserve your respect.
   - _The critic made no effort to hide her disdain for the remake._
   - _Many voters feel nothing but disdain for politicians who break their promises._

## Verb

2. To look on someone or something with strong contempt.
   - Simple: To think that someone or something is far below you and not worth any respect.
   - _Purists disdain any pizza topped with pineapple._
   - _The general disdained his advisers and ignored every warning they gave._

## Verb

3. To be indignant or offended. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To feel angry or insulted.

## Noun

4. Something that deserves to be regarded with contempt and aversion. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Something that deserves to be hated and looked down on.
5. The condition of being despised by others; shame. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: The shame of being looked down on by other people.
   - _Once the fraud came to light, the banker fell from honor into disdain._
   - _The traitor's name passed into disdain, and no one spoke it without a sneer._

## Origin

From Middle English disdeynen, from Old French desdeignier (modern French dédaigner).

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/disdain (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).