All 3 Uses of
disdain
in
Snow Falling on Cedars
- Some in the gallery would later say that his stillness suggested a disdain for the proceedings; others felt certain it veiled a fear of the verdict that was to come.†
Chpt 1
- Ishmael understood that an air of disdain, of contempt for the island and its inhabitants, blew from the knot of out-of-town reporters toward the citizens in the gallery.†
Chpt 1
- ...the white people on the streets outside treated them with humiliating disdain.
Chpt 7 *disdain = a lack of respect with an undeserved sense of superiority
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy