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Definition
a lack of respect — often suggesting distaste and an undeserved sense of superiority
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to reject as not good enough
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to reject as not good enough
- The Step-Daughter [disdainful, alluring, treacherous, full of impudence].Act 1 (28% in)
- But the drama culminated unforeseen and violent on their return, when I was impelled by my miserable flesh that still lives...Ah! what misery, what wretchedness is that of the man who is alone and disdains debasing liaisons!Act 1 (68% in)
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