To deign is to do something that one considers to be beneath their dignity.'The nobleman did not deign to adhere to the request of the beggar.'
She has an ego problem so does not deign the man's word. This is a sample sentence containing the word deign.
Deign: to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
To condescend to grant; to concede; to bestow., To receive or accept in condescension., To condescend; to deign; to yield; to descend or stoop.
The young girls were surprised that the older girls deign to talk to them.
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deign or stoop
The word you're looking for is deign. Think of a ruler's reign and you can remember how to spell this word for haughty people.
I'm not sure if that is a real word. - It is a real word it means : 'To think fit or in accordance with ones dignity.' A sentence example would be: " As usual the wolf did not deign to glance at the man, but rather continued on his way."
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The word "deign" is a verb that means doing something that is "beneath one's dignity." Synonyms for this word include both condescend and vouchsafe, amongst a few others.
The word "dain" is not commonly used in modern English to mean refusing to do something. A more fitting word for the example sentence you provided would be "bother" or "deign" as in "they didn't deign to reply" meaning they did not consider it worth their time or effort to reply.