Definitions for disdain

disdain dis·dain

Spelling: [dis-deyn, dih-steyn]
IPA: /dɪsˈdeɪn, dɪˈsteɪn/

Disdain is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 95 anagrams from letters in disdain (addiins).

Definitions for disdain

noun

  1. a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn.

verb (used with object)

  1. to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
  2. to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself:

Origin of disdain

1300-50; (v.) Middle English disdainen Anglo-French de(s)deigner (see dis-1, deign); (noun) Middle English disdeyn Anglo-French de

Examples for disdain

It was associated with government heavy-handedness and viewed with disdain.

They cherish poodles, particularly post-mortem; they disdain swine.

I disdain to spoil my eyes or waste my time by newspaper-reading.

Philip Morton heard, and his lip curled with a sad and a just disdain.

In a culture that worships celebrities while pretending to disdain them, the Sony emails are catnip for the masses.

His look of disdain at my question lingers as he pronounces laconically: “We kill them.”

The Frenchman looked at his host in some disdain, bit his lip, and was silent.

Many critics have disdain precisely for this strange messiness of his, this showmanship that dares to create a new order.

Yet, the disdain of the girl seemed only to increase momently.

In the immediate aftermath of the oil spill, apoplectic Southerners cast their disdain towards the North.

Word Value for disdain
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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