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dédaigner — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • despise verb To feel strong contempt or scorn for someone or something.
  • disdain noun A feeling of contempt or scorn toward someone or something seen as beneath you.
  • scorn verb To feel or show strong contempt for someone or something.
  • spurn verb To reject something or someone with contempt or disdain.

Senses

dédaigner is used for these senses in English:

  • despise To regard with contempt or scorn.
  • disdain (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
  • scorn (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
  • spurn (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
  • spurn (transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)

disdain — full definition

  1. noun A feeling of contempt or scorn toward someone or something seen as beneath you.
  2. verb To treat someone or something with scorn, as not worth your attention.

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