were disdaining

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of disdain.
  disdain

  verb (used with object)

  to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.

Related Words

• antipathy
• arrogance
• aversion
• contempt
• derision
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