- 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...
- The
Scornful Lady is a
Jacobean era
stage play, a
comedy written by
Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, and
first published in 1616, the year of Beaumont's...
-
Turns the
Tables (1941), also
published under the
title The Seat of the
Scornful, is a
detective novel by John ****son Carr. The
novel is a
mystery of the...
- statement, or
behavior that is
often deliberately disrespectful, offensive,
scornful, or
derogatory towards an
individual or a group.
Insults can be intentional...
-
Italian fascism was
influenced by the
tradition of
Italian nationalists scornfully looking down upon Nordicists'
claims and
taking pride in
comparing the...
- as we all of us
found out. The
lawbreaker found it out who
predicted scornfully that he
would "knuckle down to
politics the way they all did", and lived...
- archangel's name, but
capable also of
being seen as his
rhetorical and
scornful question to Satan. The Sca****r of St.
Michael the
Archangel also bears...
-
prince an
enchanted rose in
exchange for
shelter from a storm. When he
scornfully declines, she
reveals her true form and
transforms him into a
beast and...
- Brooms" 380. "Seven/Two
Years O'er Young", "Touch Not the Nettle" 381. "The
Scornful Dame", "Come
Write Me Down Ye
Powers Above", "Second
Thoughts Best", "The...
-
bootlegging alcohol. Upon
hearing this,
Daisy chooses to stay with Tom. Tom
scornfully tells Gatsby to
drive her home,
knowing that
Daisy will
never leave him...
