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Verschmähen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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

Verschmähen is used for these senses in English:

  • disdain (transitive) To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
  • scorn (transitive) To reject, turn down.
  • spurn An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
  • spurn (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.

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.

scorn — full definition

  1. verb To feel or show strong contempt for someone or something.
  2. noun A feeling or display of contempt.

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