disdainful
IPA: dɪsdˈeɪnfʌɫ
adjective
- Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
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Examples of "disdainful" in Sentences
- How disdainful is that "certainly not mainly for art."
- Politifact's response at the time could best be characterized as disdainful indifference.
- Blair himself projected the kind of disdainful self-confidence, verging on impatience, of a man who knows he's a winner.
- She is "disdainful" and "condescending," but US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton delivers more manly "stinging rebukes."
- In some aspects of his life perhaps, thought Nicolette grimly as she recalled the disdainful way he had looked at her and the scornful things he had said.
- "The shoppers will be happier if they have a place to sit and watch the fountain," he says, in disdainful deadpan imitation of a hypothetical planner's argument.
- Many friends have wished me to pass over that letter in disdainful silence, as refuting itself; and perhaps, if I were happy enough to be obscure and unknown, that would be my
- Beatty has become a real advocate for DVDs, which may be a harbinger of the future (as Beatty seemingly always is) as other directors such as Steven Spielberg still remain disdainful of the medium.
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