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Expressing extreme contempt.
insulting
scornful
disdainful
disrespectful
insulting
scornful
disdainful
1
Madam, - Many people make
insulting
remarks about particular groups of people.
2
And so I would wonder why this particular answer was so
insulting
.
3
I think it's frankly
insulting
that question would be asked, she said.
4
Photo: SUPPLIED All three men had denied
insulting
religion during their trial.
5
Not only was this turn of events
insulting
,
it's probably also illegal.
1
The suggester of the idea looked
scornful
and addressed himself to Tomkins.
2
But these young parsons is so high an'
scornful
,
Tabby waffled on.
3
The door slammed on his
scornful
retreat; Conroy shuddered and sat up.
4
He heard derisive,
scornful
laughter that sounded vaguely flat and far away.
5
They are annoying because they are chauvinistic,
scornful
,
reasonable, independent, and great.
1
Geoffrey said it gave him a cold,
disdainful
look and passed on.
2
I never knew an animal could be
disdainful
until I met Sasha.
3
This in a
disdainful
tone, and the white teeth clicked softly together.
4
The pursuing fighters came on, almost
disdainful
of their quarry's defensive efforts.
5
After that Nana pointed with
disdainful
action at the stands and continued:
1
In a way she was terrified; in another way she was
contemptuous
.
2
Rhoda dressed the question for him in the terror of
contemptuous
horror.
3
The general manager pursed a
contemptuous
mouth and departed from the cabin.
4
They react to a system that doesn't value them by being
contemptuous
.
5
In face, watchful behind a blind; habitually not uncensorious and
contemptuous
perhaps.
6
The Illinois Central railroad puffed
contemptuous
cinders into the great blue lake.
7
A group of howlers somewhere in the forest hooted a
contemptuous
response.
8
Then in a familiar and cordial though rather
contemptuous
way he stopped
9
The Gaul cast a
contemptuous
glance at the Roman, and answered promptly:
10
There was, as she thought, something
contemptuous
in the good-humor of it.
11
Kelson blew away the suggestion of mystery in a short,
contemptuous
laugh.
12
Hannah laughed too, in
contemptuous
amusement at the rigidity of Jewish Law.
13
Worse, the word seems almost always being used in a
contemptuous
manner!
14
Outwardly calm, even
contemptuous
,
but something, an instinct perhaps, gave another impression.
15
Saint Hubert dismissed the remark with a
contemptuous
wave of the hand.
16
Shelby laughed him in the face, too
contemptuous
to set him right.
contemptuous
contemptuous smile
contemptuous glance
contemptuous laugh
contemptuous tone
contemptuous gesture