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Definition of Disdaining
1. disdain [v] - See also: disdain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disdaining
Literary usage of Disdaining
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters to a Young Lady,: In which the Duties and Character of Women are by West (Jane) (1806)
"disdaining the fictitious happiness which depends upon the breath of others,
dissipated men pursue what they call substantial bliss. ..."
2. Pharonnida by William Chamberlayne (1820)
"... (for so The youth was called), disdaining to be slow Where such commands gave
wings, with speed unto The court was come; but busy fame ..."
3. The German Drama in English on the Philadelphia Stage from 1794 to 1830 by Charles Frederic Brede (1918)
"Gigantic pair! their lofty soul disdaining reason's weak control, On changeful
Britain sped the blow, Who thoughtless of her own, embraced fictitious woe. ..."
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