How to Pronounce "deign"
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Definition
To do something that you feel is beneath your dignity, but you do it anyway, usually with a sense of reluctance or superiority.
Listen in Context
He would not deign to answer my question.
She finally deigned to help us after we asked many times.
He wouldn't even deign to look at us at the party.
The king did not deign to speak to his servants.