All 17 Uses of
disdain
in
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- —without even deigning to cast a glance of disdain upon the two interrupters.†
Chpt 1.1.2
- It is not that Pierre Gringoire either feared or disdained monsieur the cardinal.†
Chpt 1.1.3
- There was then neither hatred for the cardinal, nor disdain for his presence, in the disagreeable impression produced upon Pierre Gringoire.†
Chpt 1.1.3
- Not that he was a profound politician, nor was he borrowing trouble about the possible consequences of the marriage of his cousin Marguerite de Bourgoyne to his cousin Charles, Dauphin de Vienne; nor as to how long the good understanding which had been patched up between the Duke of Austria and the King of France would last; nor how the King of England would take this disdain of his daughter.†
Chpt 1.1.3
- Twelve officers of the fraternity of fools raised him on their shoulders; and a sort of bitter and disdainful joy lighted up the morose face of the cyclops, when he beheld beneath his deformed feet all those heads of handsome, straight, well-made men.†
Chpt 1.1.5
- Down to that day, he had known only humiliation, disdain for his condition, disgust for his person.
Chpt 1.2.3 *disdain = a lack of respect
- There was certainly both disdain and mockery in that graceful grimace.†
Chpt 1.2.4
- She made her disdainful little grimace, drew up her head like a bird, then burst out laughing, and the tiny poniard disappeared as it had come, without Gringoire being able to see where the wasp concealed its sting.†
Chpt 1.2.7
- There was the Maison-aux-Piliers, the Pillar House, opening upon that Place de Grève of which we have given the reader some idea; there was Saint-Gervais, which a front "in good taste" has since spoiled; Saint-Méry, whose ancient pointed arches were still almost round arches; Saint-Jean, whose magnificent spire was proverbial; there were twenty other monuments, which did not disdain to bury their wonders in that chaos of black, deep, narrow streets.†
Chpt 1.3.2
- "What am I saying?" resumed Dom Claude, with a smile of disdain.†
Chpt 1.5.1
- Quasimodo turned round, shrugging his hump with disdain, while Master Florian, equally astonished, and supposing that the laughter of the spectators had been provoked by some irreverent reply from the accused, rendered visible to him by that shrug of the shoulders, apostrophized him indignantly,— "You have uttered a reply, knave, which deserves the halter.†
Chpt 1.6.1
- Fleur-de-Lys replied to the captain with a bland affectation of disdain;—"Not bad."†
Chpt 2.7.1
- From time to time a flush of shame, a flash of anger inflamed her eyes or her cheeks; with disdain she made that little grimace with which the reader is already familiar, but she remained motionless; she fixed on Phoebus a sad, sweet, resigned look.†
Chpt 2.7.1
- Jehan flung back his blonde and curly head, and said, halfclosing his eyes disdainfully,— "We have a brother who is an archdeacon and a fool."†
Chpt 2.7.6
- The captain's face assumed an expression of mingled surprise and disdain, of carelessness and libertine passion.†
Chpt 2.7.8
- Then she saw the captain frown, a beautiful young girl who was leaning against him gazed at him with disdainful lips and irritated eyes; then Phoebus uttered some words which did not reach her, and both disappeared precipitately behind the window opening upon the balcony, which closed after them.†
Chpt 2.8.6
- Hercules did not disdain the title of Musagetes.†
Chpt 2.10.5
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy