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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_111496" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_111496" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The state of being despised; shame. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The state of being despised; shame. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act. </p> | ||
== Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19643" /> == | == Charles Buck Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_19643" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:12, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) The state of being despised; shame.
(2): ( v. t.) A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
(3): ( v. t.) That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion.
(4): ( v. i.) To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
(5): ( v. t.) To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.
(6): ( v. t.) To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.
Charles Buck Theological Dictionary [2]
Contempt, as unworthy of one's choice. It is distinguished from haughtiness thus: Haughtiness is founded on the high opinion we have of ourselves; disdain on the low opinion we have of others.
