All 3 Uses
disdain
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All Over but the Shoutin'
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- He would have crawled home on his knees to smell that smell, even though he had been a picky eater and disdained such "country food."†
Chpt 1.2disdained = rejected as not good enough; or showed a lack of respect
- It may even be that I saw the disdain in places where it didn't exist.
Chpt 2.29 *disdain = a lack of respect
- They secretly despise each other, over the crab puffs, but not nearly as much as they disdain the nasal-voiced crackers who keep their cars running and their houses clean.†
Chpt 3.34
Definitions:
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(1)
(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)