self-disdain
- a word derived from disdain.
Example Sentences
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If your cynicism disappears, even for a moment, you are dismissed by fellow cynics; worse, you court self-disdain.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2016
It seemed to him so incredible that he could have laughed aloud in bitterness and self-disdain.
From Jason by Forman, Justus Miles
"Work out your own condemnation for yourself," says she, still with that feverish self-disdain upon her.
From April's Lady A Novel by Hungerford, Margaret Wolfe
It was one moment soft, and flushed, and tender as passion; it was the next jealous, fiery, scornful, pale, and full of impatient self-disdain.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
Florence waved her hand towards the alabaster statue of Pocahontas, with a little ripple of self-disdain.
From Love, the Fiddler by Osbourne, Lloyd
