Both Uses of
disdain
in
Babbitt
- In growing meekness Babbitt went on waiting till Hanson casually reappeared with a quart of gin—what is euphemistically known as a quart—in his disdainful long white hands.†
Chpt 8 *
- The barbers snatched steaming towels from a machine like a howitzer of polished nickel and disdainfully flung them away after a second's use.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy