Word Meanings - DISDAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope. Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. Shak. 2.

Additional info about word: DISDAIN

1. A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. How my soul is moved with just disdain! Pope. Note: Often implying an idea of haughtiness. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. Shak. 2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. Spenser. 3. The state of being despised; shame. Shak. Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISDAIN)

• Contemn
• Despise
• disdain
• deride
• vilify
• slight
• disregard
• scorn
• Scorn Contemn
• despise
• sibilate
• vilipend
• spurn
• scout
• Slight Disregard
• acorn
• overlook
• disparage
• Sneer
• Scoff
• gibe
• jeer
• taunt
• disparagement
• contempt
• superciliousness

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISDAIN)

• Honor
• regard
• esteem
• venerate
• respect
• applaud
• salute
• Regard
• notice
• observe

Related words: (words related to DISDAIN)

• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• ACORN
  A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. (more info) acorn, Ger. ecker, Icel. akarn, Dan. agern, Goth. akran fruit, akrs 1. The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• SLIGHTEN
  To slight. B. Jonson.
• ACORN CUP
  The involucre or cup in which the acorn is fixed.
• DISDAINISHLY
  Disdainfully. Vives.
• DISPARAGEMENT
  1. Matching any one in marriage under his or her degree; injurious union with something of inferior excellence; a lowering in rank or estimation. And thought that match a foul disparagement. Spenser. 2. Injurious comparison with an inferior; a
• DISDAINFUL
  Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
• SLIGHTINGLY
  In a slighting manner.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• TAUNTER
  One who taunts.
• SPURN-WATER
  A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.
• NOTICE
  1. The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note. How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons ! I. Watts. 2. Intelligence, by whatever means communicated; knowledge
• CONTEMPTIBLY
  In a contemptible manner.
• CONTEMPTUOUSLY
  In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. Jer. Taylor.
• RESPECTER
  One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
• CONTEMNER
  One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.
• ESTEEMABLE
  Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
• BESCORN
  To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
• DISESTEEMER
  One who disesteems. Boyle.