distain

archaic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for distain
Verb
  • If Bonhoeffer’s example is used to justify more far-right Christian violence in America, that would be another tragedy — and a cruel irony that would stain the legacy of a man who gave up everything to confront a tyrant.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Pérez's manager, Enrique Paulino, spoke to reporters at the scene, his shirt stained with blood.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For example, a small non-shedding dog that rarely goes outside won't dirty a bed nearly as fast as a large labarador that plays outside daily.
    Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Grease dirtied the handles of the ovens, the microwave ovens and the coolers.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 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
  • If, during the dinner, the tablecloth is spotted or soiled, a fresh napkin is immediately placed over it.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The source said the hotel staff cleaned the room after Lamb checked out and found bloodied and soiled sheets and towels in yard waste bags.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Even though this team isn't good at shooting threes, their defense mucks everything up enough to win games.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The Mountaineers found some success with the full court press in the third quarter and used the ball pressure to muck the game up.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Distain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distain. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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