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disdain

1 noun
     
dis‧dain1 [uncountable] formal
a complete lack of respect that you show for someone or something because you think they are not important or good enough
with disdain
She watched me with disdain.
a look of complete disdain
disdain for
his disdain for capitalism
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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