All 7 Uses of
disdain
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- my dear Lady Disdain, are you yet living?†
Scene 1.1disdain = a lack of respect
- Is it possible Disdain should die while she hath such meet food to feed it as Signior Benedick?†
Scene 1.1
- Courtesy itself must convert to disdain if you come in her presence.
Scene 1.1 *
- I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in his grace; and it better fits my blood to be disdained of all than to fashion a carriage to rob love from any: in this, though I cannot be said to be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied but I am a plain-dealing villain.†
Scene 1.3disdained = rejected as not good enough; or showed a lack of respect
- That I was disdainful, and that I had my good wit out of the 'Hundred Merry Tales.'†
Scene 2.1disdainful = full of disrespect
- No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful; I know her spirits are as coy and wild As haggards of the rock.†
Scene 3.1
- I know he doth deserve As much as may be yielded to a man; But nature never fram'd a woman's heart Of prouder stuff than that of Beatrice; Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes, Misprising what they look on, and her wit Values itself so highly, that to her All matter else seems weak.†
Scene 3.1disdain = a lack of respect
Definition:
to disrespect or reject as unworthy