All 5 Uses
disdain
in
Great Expectations
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- "Tried to murder him?" said my convict, disdainfully.†
p. 36.7disdainfully = with a lack of respect; or with a sense of superiority
- ...asked Estella of myself, with the greatest disdain.
p. 61.8 *disdain = lack of respect
- "He calls the knaves Jacks, this boy!" said Estella with disdain, before our first game was out.†
p. 62.5disdain = a lack of respect
- I repeated, with disdainful emphasis.†
p. 158.1disdainful = full of disrespect
- Saying which he went out in disdain; and the landlord, having no one to reply upon, found it impracticable to pursue the subject.†
p. 470.1disdain = a lack of respect
Definitions:
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(1)
(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)