Crossword-Solution: DISDAINS
We have 5 clues for the answer “DISDAINS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Regards with contempt | 1 answer |
| Turns one's nose up at | 2 answers |
| Dumps on | 3 answers |
| Looks down on. | 4 answers |
| Scorns. | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DISDAINS (5)
Lamennais speaks so contemptuously of his predecessors in philosophy, and disdains to quote his originals.
Norman, frankly seeking mere material success, and with the colossal egotism that disdains egotism and shrugs at the danger of being accused of it--Norman did not hesitate to proclaim his own merits.
You love.” “Matilda!” “Why conceal it from me? Fear not the little jealousy which taints the generality of Women: My soul disdains so despicable a passion.
CXIV With crimson Rodomont his banner stains, And in the vermeil field a lion shows; Who, bitted by a maid, to curb and reins His savage mouth disdains not to unclose.
They walk the road of life, the road fenced in by their tastes, prejudices, disdains or enthusiasms, generally honest, invariably stupid, and are proud of never losing their way.
Quotes with DISDAINS (3)
For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terrorwhich we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us. Every angel is terrible.
It is, therefore, a great source of virtue for the practiced mind to learn, bit by bit, first to change about in visible and transitory things, so that afterwards it may be possible to leave them behind altogether. The man who finds his homeland sweet is still a tender beginner; he to whom every soil is as his native one is already strong; but he is perfect to whom the entire world is as a foreign land. The tender soul has fixed his love on one spot in the world; the strong m…
Youth, elastic and bright, disdains to be compelled. When conquered, from its very chains it forges implements for freedom; it alights from one baffled flight, only again to soar on untired wing towards some other aim. Previous defeat is made the bridge to pass the tide to another shore; and, if that break down, its fragments become stepping stones. It will feed upon despair, and call it a medicine which is to renovate its dying hopes.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT, WSJ.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1943–2022).