Crossword clues for disdaining
disdaining
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disdain \Dis*dain"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disdained; p. pr. & vb. n. Disdaining.] [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF. desdeigner, desdaigner, F. d['e]daigner; des- (L. dis-) + daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See Deign.]
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To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as, to disdain to do a mean act.
Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living.
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To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc.
When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth.
--1 Sam. xvii. 42.'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.
--Young.Syn: To contemn; despise; scorn. See Contemn.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of disdain English)
Usage examples of "disdaining".
On the news of their approach, Pertinax, disdaining either flight or concealment, advanced to meet his assassins.
There is no surer proof of the military skill of the Romans, than their first surmounting the idle terror, and afterwards disdaining the dangerous use, of elephants in war.
It is natural to suppose, that the monarchs of Rome, disdaining that humble title, resigned it to the most ancient of the senators.
By disdaining the intercourse of other nations, they might deserve their contempt.
In particular, it has pleased them to suppose, that the zeal of the Roman magistrates, disdaining every consideration of moral virtue or public decency, endeavored to seduce those whom they were unable to vanquish, and that by their orders the most brutal violence was offered to those whom they found it impossible to seduce.
A crowd of impatient warriors, presumptuous in their strength, and disdaining to fly before the robbers of Germany, excited Alaric to assert in arms the name and blood of the conquerors of Rome.
He aspired to that happiness, but the Emeritans sustained on this occasion the honor of their descent from the veteran legionaries of Augustus ^183 Disdaining the confinement of their walls, they gave battle to the Arabs on the plain.
A hungry man can long for hot meat and gravyFOOL'SERRAND without disdaining the simple pleasures of bread and cheese.
Dutiful got slowly to his feet, disdaining Lord Golden's offered hand.
Pip rejoined him, choosing to glide just above its master's head, temporarily disdaining its familiar perch.
On the news of their approach, Pertinax, disdaining either flight or concealment, advanced to meet his assassins.
It is natural to suppose, that the monarchs of Rome, disdaining that humble title, resigned it to the most ancient of the senators.
He'd seen Victoria bravely facing down Garnet, gentle with Celia, wild and passionate as he made love to her, an icy queen disdaining even to look at him, but this was new, this was a tigress ready to claw him to pieces.
He stood there in the doorway, disdaining to come in, and the impact of his physical presence took her breath.
He was a true good old boy, disdaining suits in favor of a uniform, and wing tips in favor of boots.