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Significats de disdainful en anglès

Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy.

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Expressing extreme contempt.

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Examples for "insulting"
Examples for "insulting"
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Madam, - Many people make insulting remarks about particular groups of people.
The Irish Times
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And so I would wonder why this particular answer was so insulting.
The power of one
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I think it's frankly insulting that question would be asked, she said.
Reuters
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Photo: SUPPLIED All three men had denied insulting religion during their trial.
Radio NZ
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Not only was this turn of events insulting, it's probably also illegal.
Wired
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In a way she was terrified; in another way she was contemptuous.
The Necromancers
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Rhoda dressed the question for him in the terror of contemptuous horror.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
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The general manager pursed a contemptuous mouth and departed from the cabin.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
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They react to a system that doesn't value them by being contemptuous.
The Guardian
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In face, watchful behind a blind; habitually not uncensorious and contemptuous perhaps.
Bleak House
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The suggester of the idea looked scornful and addressed himself to Tomkins.
No Man's Land
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But these young parsons is so high an' scornful, Tabby waffled on.
Romancing miss bronte: a novel
3
The door slammed on his scornful retreat; Conroy shuddered and sat up.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
4
He heard derisive, scornful laughter that sounded vaguely flat and far away.
Time After Time
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They are annoying because they are chauvinistic, scornful, reasonable, independent, and great.
The Young Lions
Ús de disdainful en anglès
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Geoffrey said it gave him a cold, disdainful look and passed on.
Jonathan strange and mr norrell
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I never knew an animal could be disdainful until I met Sasha.
Origin
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This in a disdainful tone, and the white teeth clicked softly together.
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.
4
The pursuing fighters came on, almost disdainful of their quarry's defensive efforts.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
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After that Nana pointed with disdainful action at the stands and continued:
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
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Inexorable and disdainful, the Duchess played with the tip of her scarf.
The Collection of Antiquities
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I rose to my feet and gave her my best disdainful glare.
From hell with love
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He stopped short in his speech as he met her disdainful look.
Marietta: A Maid of Venice
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She kept her stance disdainful, not bothering even to return their scrutiny.
Empire in black and gold
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He did so with the patient air of one detached and disdainful.
A Son of the Hills
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Sandilands is an emotional pinball, ricocheting between being funny, serious and disdainful.
News.com.au
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With a disdainful gesture, he tossed what he'd held into the snow.
The story of edgar sawtelle
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But he checked the impulse with a disdainful curve of his lips.
Under Western Eyes
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But his lips added nothing to the insult of that disdainful look.
Trail's End
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Forgotten little units in our disdainful world, we pass them scornfully by.
Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories
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After a lingering disdainful look at Devlin, Seth lifted the injured mortal.
Radiant Shadows
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