DISDAIN
(noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
synonyms : condescension , patronage(noun) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
"he was held in contempt", "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
synonyms : contempt , despite , scornHe regarded their proposal with disdain. -added by nithi
(verb) reject with contempt
"She spurned his advances"
synonyms : freeze off , pooh-pooh , reject , scorn , spurn , turn down(verb) 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"
synonyms : contemn , despise , scorn
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Mnemonics for disdain
(Tag: ) try to relate it with WISDEN...Wisden is the official site that honours cricketers...so DISDAIN is the opposite of that.
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(Tag: ) divide it like dis(dish)+dain(rhyms like vain..means useless)....think you hav ordered for a dish , but it is useless or in vain, beacuse you can cook better than this, so you REJECT THE order, you disdain the order.
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(Tag: ) Dis+dain= not+dainty (dainty means which is tasteful) so disdain mean not pretty and tasteful..
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(Tag: ) another one:dis+(D)ain....just focus on disain....decent..IN TODAY'S world , buisness offers from decent people are REJECTED, because they don't OFFER any BRIBE.
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(Tag: ) If we are the cause behind DIS(this)+DAIN(dent)on car... one will show contempt on us
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(Tag: ) try to imagine dat u ask a girl out & every time u try 2 set a time & date she keeps telling u "This Day?No!",she obviously is treating u with contempt, u probably should focus ur energy on someone else!
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(Tag: ) dis+pain:u'll shoe contempt on those who hav caused you this pain!!
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(Tag: ) dis+dain;dis+drain(rhymes with dain). you look at the person in drain with contempt..
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(Tag: ) its like this+day so remmeber as this day was so fucking gone wrong wat else could go wrong so u r actually so tensed up and u treat ur copartners with contempt and scorn and hate and rudeness
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(Tag: ) sounds Dis + Gain>>> the feelings a person gets when he does something wrong.. hared, contempt.. all -ve feelings..
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