disesteemed

Example Sentences

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“The rage of the disesteemed is personally fruitless,” he writes, “but it is also absolutely inevitable.”

From The New Yorker • Aug. 19, 2014

A jester at the court of his master, indulged and disesteemed, winning a clement master's praise.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

She can never be slighted or disesteemed, while her good temper and benevolence render her a blessing to her companions.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester

The Loring-Corliss case is now a matter of record in the dusty files of the "Usher Sentinel" and its decidedly disesteemed contemporary, the "Mesa News."

From Sundown Slim by Fischer, Anton Otto

A maid aft seen and a gown aft worn, are disesteemed and held in scorn.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander