Disdain /(?; 277)/

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!

   Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes.

2. That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.]

   Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain.

3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Disdained; p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining

1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.

   Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living.

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.

   When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.

   'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.

1. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.

   And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained.