All 3 Uses of
disdain
in
Leaves of Grass
- The disdain and calmness of martyrs,
The mother of old, condemn'd for a witch, burnt with dry wood, her
children gazing on,
The hounded slave that flags in the race, leans by the fence,
blowing, cover'd with sweat,
The twinges that sting like needles his legs and neck, the murderous
buckshot and the bullets,
All these I feel or am.†Chpt 3disdain = a lack of respect
- The track strew'd with the dust of skeletons,
By the roadside others disdainfully toss'd.†Chpt 23disdainfully = with a lack of respect; or with a sense of superiority
- The summer growth is innocent and disdainful above all those strata of sour dead.
Chpt 24 *disdainful = without respect
Definition:
to disrespect or reject as unworthy