disdain

1. 1.

   look down on with disdain

   “He despises the people he has to work for”

   “The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately”

   Synonymscontemndespisescorn

   Broaderhate

   Narrowerlook down on
2. 2.

   reject with contempt

   “She spurned his advances”

   Synonymsrejectspurnfreeze offscornpooh-poohturn down

   Broaderrefuse

   Narrowerrebuff

Other forms of disdain

plural

disdains·

past tense

disdained·

present participle

disdaining·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about disdain

What does disdain mean?

disdain means "lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in disdain?

disdain has 2 syllables: dis-dain. The stress falls on "dain". In IPA it is /dɪsˈdeɪn/.

What is another word for disdain?

Close synonyms include contempt, scorn, despite, condescension, patronage. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disdain a common word?

disdain is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with disdain?

6 words rhyme with disdain. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.