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Significats de scornful en anglès

Expressing extreme contempt.

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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
1
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
5
In face, watchful behind a blind; habitually not uncensorious and contemptuous perhaps.
Bleak House
1
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
Ús de scornful en anglès
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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
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The door slammed on his scornful retreat; Conroy shuddered and sat up.
The Second Class Passenger: Fifteen Stories
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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
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The instructions, in truth, consisted in wild, scornful flourishes upon one theme.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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The girl by my side gave him a scornful glance in passing.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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He had begun the struggle with a scornful disbelief in current gossip.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
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The idea sobered me, but I dismissed it with a scornful smile.
The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)
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Ayla barely heard the scornful comment and wondered if anyone else did.
The Shelters of Stone
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Leo, in a low voice, tossed off some scornful remark in Bohemian.
My Antonia
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The Faubourg Saint Germain was for the most part hostile and scornful.
The Court of the Empress Josephine
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The thin scornful voice out of the dark grated on him intolerably.
The History of David Grieve
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Here the brakeman gave a scornful grunt, and the conductor smiled broadly.
The Statesmen Snowbound
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The Baron was scornful, and ridiculed the whole affair as a dream.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
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I can imagine the scornful look with which she goes about it.
The Heart of Rachael
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