disdained

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Disdained at home, they turned their faces to the future.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2021

His sickened soul, in all its native pride, Swells 'neath the breast that tattered vestments hide Disdained, disdaining; while men flourish, he Still stands a stately though a withered tree.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

And ere the word upon the echo died, Two fell; the rest assailed the rock's rough side, And, furious at the madness of their foes, Disdained all further efforts, save to close.

From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

Disdained by one whom she must feel compelled To venerate and to esteem so highly.

From Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts by Taylor, William

Disdained by the savage, or scattered by the soldier, dishonored by the voluptuary, or forbidden by the fanatic, the arts have not, till now, been extinguished by analysis and paralyzed by protection.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John