verschmähen — meaning in English

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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