- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
- this wild and
rebellious music."
According to
Robert Christgau, punk "
scornfully rejected the
political idealism and
Californian flower-power silliness...
-
disdained the use of instruments, some
early chiropractors, whom B. J.
scornfully called "mixers",
advocated the use of instruments. In 1910, B. J. changed...
- (bluffers).
Ernest Archdeacon,
founder of the Aéro-Club de France, was
publicly scornful of the brothers'
claims despite published reports; specifically, he wrote...
- statement, or
behavior that is
often deliberately disrespectful, offensive,
scornful, or
derogatory towards an
individual or a group.
Insults can be intentional...
- Wilkinson, Will (March 10, 2011). "The
Social Animal by
David Brooks: A
Scornful Review". Forbes. New York City.
Retrieved March 16, 2011. "Nonfiction Book...
