disdain: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words

Suffixes of disdain

  • disdained
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    disdain

    • noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
      scorn; despite; contempt.
      • he was held in contempt
      • the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
    • noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
      condescension; patronage.
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    disdainful

    • adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
      scornful; insulting; contemptuous.
    • adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
      overbearing; haughty; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; supercilious; sniffy.
      • some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
      • haughty aristocrats
      • his lordly manners were offensive
      • walked with a prideful swagger
      • very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
      • his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
      • a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
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    disdain

    • noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
      scorn; despite; contempt.
      • he was held in contempt
      • the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
    • noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
      condescension; patronage.
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    disdain

    • noun lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
      scorn; despite; contempt.
      • he was held in contempt
      • the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
    • noun a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
      condescension; patronage.
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    disdainfully

    • adverb in a proud and domineering manner
      cavalierly.
      • he treated his staff cavalierly
    • adverb without respect; in a disdainful manner
      contemptuously; contumeliously; scornfully.
      • she spoke of him contemptuously

About Prefix and Suffix Words

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