| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To despise, scorn, contemn, underestimate or underrate.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To affront or abuse. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To depreciate, undervalue, disparage, belittle or debase. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To abase, demean, humiliate or degrade.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Present participle conjugation of the verb disdain.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (disdain) | 1. Look down on with disdain.[Wordnet]. 2. Reject with contempt.[Wordnet]. 3. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.[Websters]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: disdaining, disdained, disdains, disdainer, disdainers, disdainingly and disdainedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. | Top | |
Date "DISDAINING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DISDAINING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Contemning; scorning.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of disdain. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
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| USS Disdain (AM-222) | 16 | Disdain | 2 | |
| Disdain | 2 | USS Disdain (AM-222) | 16 | |
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