<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn</li><li>to think unworthy of notice, response, etc.; consider beneath oneself: to disdain replying to an insult</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a feeling of contempt for anything regarded as unworthy; haughty contempt; scorn</li></ul>