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   Disdain , n. [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. dédain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t.]
   A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
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   How my soul is moved with just disdain!
   Pope.
   
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   Often implying an idea of haughtiness.
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   Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes.
   Shak.
   
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   That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obs.]
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   Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain.
   Spenser.
   
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   The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.
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   Disdain , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disdained ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.] [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. dédaigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See Deign.]
   To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.
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   Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living.
   Sir P. Sidney.
   
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   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.
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   When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.
   1 Sam. xvii. 42.
   
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   'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.
   Young.
   Syn. -- To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.
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   Disdain, v. i. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
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   And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did . . . they disdained.
   Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15).
   
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