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

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

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

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

Time has worked out his revenges until what was then disesteemed is much admired now.

From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez

Your loving friend, H. S. L. Do those things that you judge to be good, although, after you have done them, you may be disesteemed, being regardless of the praise or blame of the vulgar.—Pythagoras.

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various