DISDAIN
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Dis*dain" (?; 277), n. [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. dédain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t.] 1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
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How my soul is moved with just disdain!
Pope.
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Often implying an idea of haughtiness.
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Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes.
Shak.
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2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.]
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Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain.
Spenser.
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3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.
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Dis*dain" (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disdained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.] [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. dédaigner; 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.
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Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living.
Sir P. Sidney.
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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.
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When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.
1 Sam. xvii. 42.
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'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.
Young.
Syn. -- To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.
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Dis*dain", v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
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And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained.
Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).
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