disda inful, disdain full

[Eng. dis. dain; ful ( l ).] 1. Full of disdain, contempt, or scorn; contemptuous, scornful, haughty. Marched against the most renowned battalions of Europe with disdainful confidence."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. i. *2. Disdaining, scorning, rejecting, or refusing with disdain. "The queen is obstinate, Stubborn to justice, apt t' accuse it, and Disdainful to be tried by 't." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., ii. 4. "Then, from those lulling fits of vain delight Uproused by recollected injury, railed At their false ways disdainfully ." Words worth: Excursion , bk. vii. dis-da in-fül-ne , *dis-deign-ful-ne e, [ Eng . disdainful ; -ne .] The quality of being dis dainful; disdain, scorn, contempt. "Shall the blood of her that loves me then Be sacrificed to her disdain jul ne ? " Daniel : Pa ion of a Distre ed Man , pt. ii. dis-dá in-Ing, pr . par . , a . & 8. [DISDAIN, v .] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or state of despising, scorning, or feeling disdain for. "Say her disdain ings justly must be graced With name of chast. Donne: Dialogue with Sir H. Wotton. *dis-dā in-ish, a . [Eng. disdain; -ish .] Disdainful, scornful, contemptuous. *dis-da in-Ish-lý, adv . [Eng. disdain ish; -ly.) Disdainfully, scornfully. "Not ouer sad and sorrowful, or disdainishly."-Vives: Instruct. of a Christian Woman, bk. i., ch. xii. *dis-dā in-oŭs, *des-dayn-ous, *dis-dein-ous, a. [O. Fr. desdaineux ; Fr. dédaigneux ; Prov. des denhos; Sp. desdeñoso ; Port. desdenhoso; Ital. dis degnoso.] 1. Disdainful, scornful. "To cast a disdain ous and greuous loke vpon Gisippus." -Elyot: Governor , bk. ii., ch. xii. 2. Unworthy, disgraceful. "Out of dis day no us prison but a life." Chaucer: Troilus , ii. 1,216. *dis-dā in-oŭs-lỹ, *dis-dā yn-ous-lře, adv. [Eng. disdain ous ; -ly .] Disdainfully, scornfully. "Remembre how dis day no us lye and lothsomly they are pleased with gyftes." -Bale : Apology (Pref.). dis-de-1-fy, v. t. [Pref. dis, and Eng. deify (q.v.).] To deprive of or deny the Deity or Godhead of. "These are not only guilty of dis deifying him."-Feltham: Letters, No. xvii.