All 5 Uses of
disdain
in
Great Expectations
- "Tried to murder him?" said my convict, disdainfully.†
Chpt 5
- ...asked Estella of myself, with the greatest disdain.
Chpt 8 *disdain = lack of respect
- "He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy!" said Estella with disdain, before our first game was out.†
Chpt 8
- I repeated, with disdainful emphasis.†
Chpt 19
- Saying which he went out in disdain; and the landlord, having no one to reply upon, found it impracticable to pursue the subject.†
Chpt 54
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy