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- The Step-Daughter [disdainful, alluring, treacherous, full of impudence].†
Act 1 *disdainful = full of disrespect
- what misery, what wretchedness is that of the man who is alone and disdains debasing liaisons!†
Act 1disdains = rejects as not good enough; or shows a lack of respect
Definitions:
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(1)
(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)