All 12 Uses of
disdain
in
The House of Mirth
- She returned his profound bow with a slight nod, made more disdainful by the sense of Selden's surprise that she should number Rosedale among her acquaintances.†
Chpt 1.8
- Mrs. Peniston's genuine incredulity enabled her to dismiss Miss Stepney with a disdain which boded ill for that lady's prospect of succeeding to the black brocade; but minds impenetrable to reason have generally some crack through which suspicion filters, and her visitor's insinuations did not glide off as easily as she had expected.†
Chpt 1.11
- Neither one of the couple cared for money, but their disdain of it took the form of always spending a little more than was prudent.†
Chpt 1.14
- The faint disdain of her smile seemed to lift her high above her antagonist's reach,
Chpt 2.3 *disdain = sense of superiority
- The Dorsets, the Stepneys, the Brys—all the actors and witnesses in the miserable drama—had preceded her with their version of the case; and, even had she seen the least chance of gaining a hearing for her own, some obscure disdain and reluctance would have restrained her.†
Chpt 2.4
- Her enjoyment of her surroundings was, indeed, tinged by the unpleasant consideration that she was accepting the hospitality and courting the approval of people she had disdained under other conditions.†
Chpt 2.5
- He had figured once or twice at the Trenor dinners, and had learned to speak with just the right note of disdain of the big Van Osburgh crushes; and all he now needed was a wife whose affiliations would shorten the last tedious steps of his ascent.†
Chpt 2.5
- She had never even tried to please him—he had been drawn to her in spite of her manifest disdain.†
Chpt 2.5
- "Don't let us speak of it: I was very sorry for you," she said, with a tinge of disdain which, as she instantly perceived, was not lost on him.†
Chpt 2.6
- It was her exquisite inaccessibleness, the sense of distance she could convey without a hint of disdain, that made it most difficult for him to give her up.†
Chpt 2.7
- Lily drew away with a movement of quick disdain: it was easier to endure his insolence than his commiseration.†
Chpt 2.7
- In Miss Bart's world the Horse Show, and the public it attracted, had ostensibly come to be classed among the spectacles disdained of the elect; but, as the feudal lord might sally forth to join in the dance on his village green, so society, unofficially and incidentally, still condescended to look in upon the scene.†
Chpt 2.8
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy