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# disdain

«disdain» in Mova's school dictionary: **not worth respect; scorn** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (disdain); verb (disdain, disdains, disdained, disdaining)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) A feeling that someone or something is not worth respect; scorn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdain/#m1)

2) (verb) To refuse something because you think you are too good for it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdain/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a proud character looks at others with disdain, or disdains a gift or a request

### examples

- He looked at the beggar with disdain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdain/#x1)
- She disdained the cheap present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdain/#x2)
- The giant took the words in high disdain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdain/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disdain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.