Usually means: Disapproval or contempt for something.
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  1. distain: Merriam-Webster
  2. distain: Collins English Dictionary
  3. distain: Wordnik
  4. distain: Wiktionary
  5. distain: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. distain: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Distain, distain: Dictionary.com
  8. Distain: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. distain: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Distain: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. distain: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. distain: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Distain: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Distain: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (distain)

▸ verb:  (rare) To stain, discolour or tarnish
▸ noun:  Misspelling of disdain. [(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.]

Similar:
dirty, depaint, stain, tarnish, destain, darken, defile, soil, attaint, taint, more...

Opposite:
respect, admire, esteem, venerate

Types:
contempt, contemptus, contemptio, contemptum, scorn, scorning, scornful, scornfully, more...

Adjectives:
utter, great, such, parched, obvious, same

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     olive,     mustard, more...



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Similar:
dirty, depaint, stain, tarnish, destain, darken, defile, soil, attaint, taint, more...

Opposite:
respect, admire, esteem, venerate

Types:
contempt, contemptus, contemptio, contemptum, scorn, scorning, scornful, scornfully, more...

Adjectives:
utter, great, such, parched, obvious, same

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     taupe,     olive,     mustard, more...



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