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Definition
a lack of respect — often suggesting distaste and an undeserved sense of superiority
or:
to reject as not good enough
or:
to reject as not good enough
- She crouched on the floor like a wounded thing, and Dorian Gray, with his beautiful eyes, looked down at her, and his chiselled lips curled in exquisite disdain.Chapter 7 (63% in)
disdain = lack of respect (as though she was unworthy of him)
- The face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips seemed to be twisted with disdain.Chapter 11 (85% in)
There are no more uses of "disdain" in The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version.
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