DEIGN Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

deign

verb

ˈdān

Definition of deign

as in to stoop

to descend to a level that is beneath one's dignity I wouldn't deign to answer that absurd accusation

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rise

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Recent Examples of deign Yet these were only the fouls for which the referee deigned to blow his whistle. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026 This year, Putin shared the stage with the presidents of Uzbekistan and Tanzania, the only heads of state who’d deigned to come. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026 Every baseball fan who reads your venerable newspaper knows this great Hall of Fame baseball writer would never have deigned to explain the Mets’ disastrous spring with the aid of these equations. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 My sister Shannon has not deigned to discuss this – or anything else – with me in over two years. — Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for deign

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stoop

Verb

There was no reason for the actor—who at the height of her fame dated James Dean and was often typecast as the sweet-faced girl-next-door—to stoop to stepping back into Pam’s shoes.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Gordon stooped to head in Jarell Quansah's right-wing cross and Saka side-footed in England's fourth approaching halftime.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

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