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Meanings of contemptuous in английском
Synonyms
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
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:
Usage of contemptuous in английском
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.
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Contemptuous through the time
Contemptuous across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common