disdaining

Saydis-DAY-ning/dɪsˈdeɪnɪŋ/

Noun pluraldisdainings

2 meanings of disdaining

1
verb
Present participle and gerund of disdain.
The senator was accused of disdaining the very voters who elected him.
The critic built a career on disdaining popular films.
Note
A participle that often opens a clause, showing someone turning down what is offered: disdaining help, he carried the boxes alone. As a gerund it names a habit of contempt, as in a lifelong disdaining of praise. The verb's other old meaning, to be indignant or offended, is obsolete, so today the form always points at the person or thing being looked down on.
2
nouncountable or uncountable
The feeling of disdain: scorn or contempt for someone or something considered unworthy.
She disdained everybody; and because of her disdainings it was believed that the master of her beauty was the Lord of Darkness; and that seemed reasonable.
2019, Thomas A. Janvier, Legends of the City of Mexico
Similarscorn, contempt
Oppositerespect, admiration
Note
Where it parts company with plain disdain is in the plural: disdainings are separate acts or displays of scorn, each one noticed. Thomas A. Janvier's Legends of the City of Mexico tells of a woman whose disdainings led people to believe the Lord of Darkness was master of her beauty. For the feeling itself, disdain is the ordinary word.

disdaining is a form of disdain

disdain, verb: To look on someone or something with strong contempt. Full entry

Forms: disdaindisdains he/she/itdisdaining -ing formdisdained past tense, past participle
Spelling: disdain → disdaining: add -ing

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