All 7 Uses of
disdain
in
Much Ado About Nothing
- What! my dear Lady Disdain, are you yet living?†
Scene 1.1
- 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 *disdain = a lack of respect
- 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 1.3
- That I was disdainful, and that I had my good wit out of the 'Hundred Merry Tales.'†
Scene 2.1
- ] 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 3.1
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy