All 4 Uses of
disdain
in
Emma
- As to connexion, there Emma was perfectly easy; persuaded, that after all his own vaunted claims and disdain of Harriet, he had done nothing.†
Chpt 2.3-4
- One perplexity, however, arose, which the gentlemen did not disdain.†
Chpt 2.11-12
- --None of that upright integrity, that strict adherence to truth and principle, that disdain of trick and littleness, which a man should display in every transaction of his life.
Chpt 3.9-10 *disdain = a lack of respect
- It was horrible to Emma to think how it must sink him in the general opinion, to foresee the smiles, the sneers, the merriment it would prompt at his expense; the mortification and disdain of his brother, the thousand inconveniences to himself.†
Chpt 3.11-12
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy