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Verb disdain has 2 senses
- contemn, despise, scorn, disdain - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
--1 is one way to hate, detest
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot disdain Sue
- reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
--2 is one way to refuse, decline
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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