The Only Use of
disdain
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Had a roar of laughter burst from the multitude—each man, each woman, each little shrill-voiced child, contributing their individual parts—Hester Prynne might have repaid them all with a bitter and disdainful smile.
Chpt 2disdainful = full of disrespect
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy