contemptuous
IPA: kʌntˈɛmptʃuʌs
adjective
- Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
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Examples of "contemptuous" in Sentences
- He is contemptuous of the welfare state.
- His father was abusive and contemptuous of women.
- It is a contemptuous name for the rabble, the mob.
- He was contemptuous of fellow countrymen the Beatles.
- Billy laughed in contemptuous pride of youth and brawn.
- The space crew are somewhat contemptuous of the four men.
- They're contemptuous of the idea of making an encyclopedia.
- Bogus, laughable, non sensical and contemptuous of the truth.
- It's interesting that he's even more contemptuous of the students.
- Conclude your contemptuous commotion or there will be calamitous consequences.
- It was contemptuous, not only of the old Capitalism, but of the old Socialism.
- She looked at him and tried to make her expression contemptuous, but he only laughed.
- The man received the papers, while the crowd looked on, muttering in contemptuous undertones.
- The keeper made no remark, but in contemptuous silence he rattled the dog's chain and the animal barked loudly.
- The authors of such works are regarded as deviant, hostile to "ordinary" readers, just plain contemptuous of good order in matters of storytelling and style.
- He strode on rapidly, his shoulders squared, his expression contemptuous, challenging; but within he was possessed by an apprehension increasing at every step.
- Then the scene shifted to Ethiopia, where Mussolini, I think in contemptuous defiance of the entire world drove with his bayonet and guns the King of Kings, who went begging for his throne to all places.
- He accepted the situation, happy in the gentle and protecting affection the girl showed him, fitfully enough, for she had, as she called it, her bad days when she used to visit her mother and remain long hours in the riverside hut, coming out as inscrutable as ever, but with a contemptuous look and a short word ready to answer any of his speeches.