He gave a contemptuous laugh.
They had rejected our request contemptuous ly.
We are contemptuous of his flattering manner.
My girl friend is contemptuous of my humble home.
You should not be contemptuous of underprivileged people.
To assail with contemptuous, coarse, or insulting words; revile.
The newer society outs the old with contemptuous ease.
Snobs are usually contemptuous of people they feel to be beneath them.
Everything inside him felt cold and tight: Again he saw the contemptuous expression on Ron's face.
Scarlett thought grimly: "she's even approved of murder" and she laughed contemptuous ly.
Because contemptuous conduct interferes with the administration of justice, it is punishable, usually by fine or imprisonment.
And I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me on the same day that you lose your job?
The authors are witheringly contemptuous of the bogus equation of tidiness and morality—for example in corporate “clean desk” policies.
"That's all you get. " I thought to myself and felt fearless. I gave it my contemptuous stare. I stamped my feet and cursed it.
Mr Sonnenfeldt was contemptuous of other interpreters at Nuremberg who, through a thick lard of Swabian consonants or Polish syntax, could fuddle questioner and questioned alike.
Dicker is particularly contemptuous of oil ETFs of the kind that many small investors have used as vehicles to diversify their holdings.
"The emperor had been in a state of pitiable vacillation" (William Hickling Prescott). Sometimes the terms connote contemptuous pity, as for what is hopelessly inept or inadequate.
Carolyn Burnham: How dare you speak to me that way in front of her. And I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me on the same day that you lose your job.
You know, we're interested in, like, you know - an awkward interaction, or a smile, or a contemptuous glance, or maybe a very awkward wink, or maybe even something like a handshake.
This, then, is consistent with the character of a reflecting man, to be neither careless nor impatient nor contemptuous with respect to death, but to wait for it as one of the operations of nature.
