All 3 Uses of
disdain
in
Jane Eyre
- He put the question rather hurriedly; he seemed half to expect an indignant, or at least a disdainful rejection of the offer: not knowing all my thoughts and feelings, though guessing some, he could not tell in what light the lot would appear to me.†
Chpt 30
- "It would do," I affirmed with some disdain, "perfectly well.†
Chpt 34
- I love you better now, when I can really be useful to you, than I did in your state of proud independence, when you disdained every part but that of the giver and protector.†
Chpt 37 *
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy