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disdain

English

  1. 🔊 a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
  2. 🔊 lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    “he was held in contempt”
  3. 🔊 look down on with disdain
    “He despises the people he has to work for”
  4. 🔊 reject with contempt
    “She spurned his advances”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 desdeño disdain
  2. 🔊 desdén disdain, scorn
  3. 🔊 desdeñar to disdain, scorn, despise

Similar words

condescension patronage contempt scorn despite reject spurn freeze off scorn pooh-pooh turn down contemn despise scorn abhor abjure airs antipathetic antipathy aristocratic disdain arrogance arrogant audacity averse