All 3 Uses of
disdain
in
Anna Karenina
- In the first place he resolved that from that day he would give up hoping for any extraordinary happiness, such as marriage must have given him, and consequently he would not so disdain what he really had.†
Part 1
- Tell me, isn't it humiliating to think that a man has disdained your love, that he hasn't cared for it?
Part 2 *disdained = rejected as not good enough
- "But he didn't disdain it; I believe he cared for me, but he was a dutiful son…."†
Part 2
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy