disdained

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But then it was the decay of a foppish spendthrift,—clothes distained, ill-assorted, yet, still of fine cloth; shoes in holes, yet still pearl-coloured brodequins.

From What Will He Do with It? — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

And as the coughing urchin groans, and claps his hand to his mouth, distained is the snowball that drops unlaunched at his feet.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

But may it be, that men of your regard, Lords of such fortune and so famous place, Will link yourselves with ladies so forlorn, And so distained with more than common crimes?

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew

It was doubtless precisely because she distained certain forms of feminine barter that she got so much for nothing.

From Hilda A Story of Calcutta by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

Certain parts of the bar room were much distained with tobacco juice; while beneath the stove grate there lay a heap of cigar ends, and other soft projectiles common to such taverns.

From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)