distain

archaic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for distain
Verb
  • Many shoppers even added DIY elements, such as staining it, incorporating trellises for climbing vines, and casters for easy moving.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Also, ensure there is no debris or dirt stuck to the wheels or base of the machine that could stain the carpet when rolled on it.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Grease dirtied the handles of the ovens, the microwave ovens and the coolers.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Instead of dirtying a larger pot for your supporting dishes, this quaint cooker will come in handy for quick (or slower simmering) concoctions while matching your kitchen atmosphere.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike a total solar eclipse, when the disk of the sun is completely blackened, an eclipsed moon does not vanish completely from the sky.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But the negro resents and utterly repudiates the effort to blacken his good name by asserting that assaults upon women are peculiar to his race.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Arnold said many of the evacuees were exhausted and soiled.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The 16-year-old, who had unspecified disabilities, weighed just 78 pounds when she was found and was only wearing a diaper because all her other clothes were soiled, officials said.
    Jennifer Rodriguez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • There are other snafus: The calligraphy on the place-setting cards is unreadable, and someone described as an energy medium has tried to muck around with the dining room’s musty feng shui.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Randle's bully ball and inattentive defense are mucking everything up.
    Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Distain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distain. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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