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Meanings of scornful in inglês
Sinônimos
Examples for "insulting"
Examples for "insulting"
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
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.
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:
Usage of scornful in inglês
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.
6
The instructions, in truth, consisted in wild, scornful flourishes upon one theme.
7
The girl by my side gave him a scornful glance in passing.
8
He had begun the struggle with a scornful disbelief in current gossip.
9
The idea sobered me, but I dismissed it with a scornful smile.
10
Ayla barely heard the scornful comment and wondered if anyone else did.
11
Leo, in a low voice, tossed off some scornful remark in Bohemian.
12
The Faubourg Saint Germain was for the most part hostile and scornful.
13
The thin scornful voice out of the dark grated on him intolerably.
14
Here the brakeman gave a scornful grunt, and the conductor smiled broadly.
15
The Baron was scornful, and ridiculed the whole affair as a dream.
16
I can imagine the scornful look with which she goes about it.
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Scornful through the time
Scornful across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common