Definition: to despise, look down on, scorn, disdain, spurn
Il ne faut pas dédaigner ses subordonnés - One shouldn't look down on subordinates.
Elle a dédaigné les honneurs - She scorned/spurned the honors.
Il ne dédaigne pas d'y aller tous les jours - He's not adverse to going there every day.
Related: dédaigneusement (adv) - disdainfully, contemptuously; dédaigneux (adj) - scornful, disdainful; le dédain - contempt, disdain, scorn
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Pronunciation: [day deh nyay]
Il ne faut pas dédaigner ses subordonnés - One shouldn't look down on subordinates.
Elle a dédaigné les honneurs - She scorned/spurned the honors.
Il ne dédaigne pas d'y aller tous les jours - He's not adverse to going there every day.
Related: dédaigneusement (adv) - disdainfully, contemptuously; dédaigneux (adj) - scornful, disdainful; le dédain - contempt, disdain, scorn
(click the little graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced)
Pronunciation: [day deh nyay]