desdenhar — meaning in English

English meaning

• contemn verb To look down on someone or something as worthless.
• 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

desdenhar is used for these senses in English:

• contemn (transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
• 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.

contemn — full definition

1. verb To look down on someone or something as worthless.
2. verb (law) To break a court order or ignore a judge's authority.

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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