Synonyms for deign
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1. condescend, deign, descendverb

   do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

   Synonyms:
   condescend, fall, descend, come down, stoop, derive, patronize, settle, patronise, lower oneself, go down, come

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1. deignverb

   Synonyms:
   condescend, vouchsafe, think fit, see fit

2. deignverb

   Synonyms:
   grant, vouchsafe, accord

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1. deignverb

   Synonyms:
   condescend, vouchsafe

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How to use deign in a sentence?

1. Clarence Thomas:

   This is a circus, it's a national disgrace. And from my standpoint as a Black American, as far as I am concerned, it's a high-tech lynching for uppity Blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves.

2. Clarence Thomas:

   As a black American, as far as Im concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves... and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you -- you will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured by a committee of the U.S. Senate rather than hung from a tree.

3. Clarence Thomas:

   This is a circus. It's a national disgrace. And from my standpoint as a Black American, as far as I'm concerned, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity Blacks, who in any way deign to think for themselves, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you. You will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured, by a committee of the U.S. Senate rather than hung from a tree.