deigning in English

verb
1
do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
she did not deign to answer the maid's question
verb

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1. Looking askance at Artfulest pleas, nor deigning to glance, at the tiny trapeze

2. Mrs. Hurstwood kept on arranging her hair, not so much as deigning a glance.