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Definition of Disdained
1. a. Disdainful.
Definition of Disdained
1. Verb. (past of disdain) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disdained
1. disdain [v] - See also: disdain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disdained
Literary usage of Disdained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"... For he was hardy, wise, and liberal ; His climbing high, disdained by his
peers, Was thought the cause he lived not out his years. ..."
2. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"... disdained accepting this proposal, and backed his refusal by sending an army
of twenty thousand men to besiege hini in Alexandria. ..."
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