disdain
verb (used with object)
to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
self-disdain
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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
The fierce movement of her whole body, which almost threw the clothes from her bed, as the shameful recollection rolled over her, marked the measure of her self-disdain.
From The Man by Bram Stoker
But the talk went on, and what with the absurd misery of his own position and the well-known lines the conversation followed, he was fairly aflame with embarrassment and self-disdain.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
"Work out your own condemnation for yourself," says she, still with that feverish self-disdain upon her.
From April's Lady A Novel by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
She asked herself this question, even in self-disdain.
From Olive A Novel by G. Bowers
