English-Spanish translations for disdain

• desdén
  Este tipo de actuación es una muestra de desdén por los ciudadanos de Europa. This sort of thing shows disdain at the very least for the peoples of Europe.
  Mostrando su desdén por las contingencias morales, los bancos centrales se han convertido en los salvadores de los especuladores. In showing their disdain for moral contingencies, the central banks have become the speculators' flame-quellers.
  – Señor Presidente, España ha contemplado con desdén, con la mayor abstención de nuestra historia, el referéndum sobre la Constitución Europea. Mr President, Spain treated the referendum on the European Constitution with disdain, with the lowest turnout in our history.
• desdeñar
• desdeño
• despreciar
• despreció
• desprecio
  Semejante desprecio por un Estado miembro me parece difícilmente tolerable. Such disdain for a Member State strikes me as scarcely tolerable.
  Este expediente se ha enfocado con un intolerable desprecio hacia los ciudadanos. This dossier has been approached with an intolerable disdain for the citizens.
  Algunas de ellas, en todo caso, de dudoso mal gusto, destilaban desprecio y racismo hacia los detenidos. Some of them, in very bad taste, showed disdain and racism towards the prisoners.

Definition of disdain

• A feeling of contempt or scorn
• That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion
• The state of being despised; shame
• To regard with strong contempt
• To be indignant or offended

Examples

• The cat viewed the cheap supermarket catfood with disdain and stalked away.

Related words

• disdainful
• disdainfulness
• disdainfully