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disdain
English
Etymology
From Middle English disdeynen, from Old French desdeignier (modern French dédaigner).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-d?n', IPA(key): /d?s?de?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Noun
disdain (uncountable)
- (uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
- 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, "Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 24 June 2018):
- Everything that could go right for England did although they never felt lucky and they chuckled at Kane’s third that ricocheted off his heel while he was looking the other way. Somewhere in the Moscow outskirts one could only guess at the grand disdain Cristiano Ronaldo will have felt at being supplanted as the tournament’s top scorer in that manner.
- 2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, "Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification," Telegraph (UK) (retrieved 24 June 2018):
- (obsolete) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
- (obsolete) The state of being despised; shame.
Synonyms
- abomination
- condescension
- contempt
- despisal
- scorn
- See also Thesaurus:contempt
Antonyms
- adoration
- admiration
- honor
- respect
- reverence
Derived terms
- disdainable
- disdainful
Translations
Verb
disdain (third-person singular simple present disdains, present participle disdaining, simple past and past participle disdained)
- (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
- When the Philistine […] saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.
- 1880, Edward Henry Palmer (translator), The Qur'an, 1880, "Women", verse 170
- The Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, is but the apostle of God and His Word, […] The Messiah doth surely not disdain to be a servant of God, nor do the angels who are nigh to Him; and whosoever disdains His service and is too proud, He will gather them altogether to Himself. But as for those who believe and do what is right, He will pay their hire and will give increase to them of His grace. But as for those who disdain and are too proud, He will punish them with a grievous woe, and they shall not find for them other than God a patron or a help.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be indignant or offended.
- 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Matthew XXI:
- When the chefe prestes and scribes sawe, the marveylles that he dyd [...], they desdayned, and sayde unto hym: hearest thou what these saye?
- 1526, William Tyndale (translator), Bible, Matthew XXI:
Synonyms
- abominate
- contemn
- See also Thesaurus:despise
Antonyms
- adore
- admire
- honor
- respect
- revere
Translations
Anagrams
- naidids
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insolence
English
Etymology
From Middle French insolence, from Latin ?nsolentia
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ns?l?ns/
Noun
insolence (countable and uncountable, plural insolences)
- Arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude.
- c. 1908–52, W.D. Ross, transl., The Works of Aristotle, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Rhetoric, II.1389b11, by Aristotle, ?OCLC, page 636:
- They are fond of fun and therefore witty, wit being well-bred insolence.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, Volume III, Chapter 14:
- all the insolence of imaginary superiority
- c. 1908–52, W.D. Ross, transl., The Works of Aristotle, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Rhetoric, II.1389b11, by Aristotle, ?OCLC, page 636:
- Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
- (obsolete) The quality of being unusual or novel.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe:
- Her great excellence / Lifts me above the measure of my might / That being fild with furious insolence / I feele my selfe like one yrapt in spright.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe:
Derived terms
- insolency
Translations
Verb
insolence (third-person singular simple present insolences, present participle insolencing, simple past and past participle insolenced)
- (obsolete) To insult.
Anagrams
- incensole, selenonic
French
Etymology
From Latin ?nsolentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.s?.l??s/
Noun
insolence f (plural insolences)
- insolence
Related terms
- insolent
Further reading
- “insolence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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