How to pronounce “distain” in English

I peer out the window as we approach each stop praying that everyone waiting is young, male and healthy.Meanwhile, I'm sitting across from a woman who looks like an angry librarian and she's staring at me with the greatest distain. I wonder if she's thinking: "Why are you here;you have a car. Why are you on the bus? What are you trying to prove? I have to be here; what's your excuse?"