Dain vs. Disdain — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Dain and Disdain
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Definitions
Dain
Dain is a surname, and may refer to:
Disdain
To regard or treat with haughty contempt
Critics who disdained the writer as a hack.
Disdain
To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath oneself
Disdained receiving an award from the organization.
Disdained to attend the ceremony.
Disdain
A feeling or show of contempt and aloofness; scorn.
Disdain
(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.
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Disdain
(obsolete) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
Disdain
(obsolete) The state of being despised; shame.
Disdain
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
Disdain
To be indignant or offended.
Disdain
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.
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Disdain
That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain.
Disdain
The state of being despised; shame.
Disdain
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.
Disdain
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.
Disdain
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.
Disdain
Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;
He was held in contempt
The despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
Disdain
A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
Disdain
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
Disdain
Reject with contempt;
She spurned his advances
