Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Disdain

Disdain (?; 277) , noun

[Old English desdain, disdein, Old French desdein, desdaing, French dédain, from the verb. See Disdain, transitive verb]

1.
A feeling of contempt and aversion; the regarding anything as unworthy of or beneath one; scorn.
How my soul is moved with just disdain! — Pope
Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. — Shakespeare

Often implying an idea of haughtiness.

2.
That which is worthy to be disdained or regarded with contempt and aversion. [Obsolete]
Most loathsome, filthy, foul, and full of vile disdain. — Spenser
3.
The state of being despised; shame. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare

Disdain (?; 277) , transitive verb

[Old English disdainen, desdainen, Old French desdeigner, desdaigner, French dédaigner; des- (Latin dis-) + daigner to deign, from Latin dignari to deem worthy. See Deign.]

1.
To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.
Disdaining... that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. — Sir P. Sidney
2.
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.
When the Philistine... saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. — 1 Sam. xvii. 42
'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise. — Young

Disdain , intransitive verb

To be filled with scorn; to feel contemptuous anger; to be haughty.
And when the chief priests and scribes saw the marvels that he did... they disdained. — Genevan Testament (Matt. xxi. 15)