Disdain (?; 277), n. [OE. desdain, disdein, OF. desdein, desdaing, F. dédain, fr. the verb. See Disdain, v. t.] 1. 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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2. 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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3. The state of being despised; shame. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn. -- Haughtiness; scorn; contempt; arrogance; pride. See Haughtiness.
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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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