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 →

2) (verb) To refuse something because you think you are too good for it. tree →

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 →
• She disdained the cheap present. tree →
• The giant took the words in high disdain. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «disdain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.