- In
colloquial usage,
contempt usually refers to
either the act of despising, or
having a
general lack of
respect for something. This set of
emotions generally...
- To be
sardonic is to be
disdainfully or
cynically humorous, or
scornfully mocking. A form of wit or humour,
being sardonic often involves expressing an...
- tax bill Hamburger, Tom; Gold,
Matea (April 13, 2014). "Google, once
disdainful of lobbying, now a
master of
Washington influence". The
Washington Post...
- When
Alexander asked Diogenes what he
could do for him, the
philosopher disdainfully asked Alexander to
stand a
little to the side, as he was
blocking the...
-
normal and
healthy desires, wishes, and
needs with
something ugly and
disdainful".
Though Kafka never married, he held
marriage and
children in high esteem...
-
being the case of
certain Swiss rapiers, but
flamberge quickly became a
disdainful term in
France to
refer to
flamboyant swords.This
comes from the French...
-
superiority complex typically come
across as supercilious, haughty, and
disdainful toward others. They may
treat others in an imperious, overbearing, and...
- Walt
Whitman enthusiastically endorsed the war in 1846 and
showed his
disdainful attitude toward Mexico and
boosterism for
Manifest Destiny: "What has...
- one's
lower eyelid and
saying mon œil, or "my eye", is an
expression of
disdainful,
dismissive disbelief.
Similar variations of the
gesture exist in other...
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about these young adults in that 'they were
reluctant to grow up' and '
disdainful of
earnest action'". Ben Stiller's 1994 film
Reality Bites also sought...
