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    contemptuous


    1. He indicated the offending jar with a contemptuous sweep


    2. He hadn't thought she would be, contemptuous maybe, but not jealous


    3. contemptuous of what he saw as foolish superstition


    4. dismissing them with a contemptuous wave of his hand


    5. With a contemptuous expression, he began to run at them again


    6. A dark menacing contemptuous look comes over his face


    7. When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark, But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound


    8. He does not even despise the prejudices of people who are disposed to be so favourable to him, and never treats them with those contemptuous and arrogant airs, which we so often meet with in the proud dignitaries of opulent and well endowed churches


    9. The great lords seem to have beheld the degree of prosperity and independency, which this inferior order of men had thus come to enjoy, with a malignant and contemptuous indignation, and willingly consented that the sovereign should tax them


    10. They made me contemptuous of landmines and took me where I wanted to go

    11. Consequently, the contemptuous ease that certain opinions are casually dismissed or (unceremoniously) 150


    12. [later editions continued as follows When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark, But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound


    13. Toward me, her behaviour was contemptuous


    14. Is that why you've called me from my bed? Surely you can find someone else to give you directions,” the contemptuous shit retorted


    15. As mentioned before liberals really do not understand the poor and are actually contemptuous of them


    16. At the end, he made me the offer in a contemptuous manner


    17. "I hardly see why that was necessary," said Ellen, coldly contemptuous, "when there is only the one answer you can make him


    18. “The BN is unbound and contemptuous,” says Steele


    19. Contemptuous of those who seek to understand them


    20. Things were made even more difficult when other executives in the organization running the glamorous side of my father’s businesses expressed dismissive or contemptuous opinions about my job and functions

    21. ” A contemptuous grin curved at the


    22. He sent her a contemptuous glance then


    23. Pon smiled “Mr & Mrs Meesilli now,” he smirked, which brought another, either hug or clip , and when Pon enquired what had happened to Moo’s eyebrow, she gave Spock a contemptuous stare


    24. As she knotted the silk length about her supple body, Conan turned to the window and with a contemptuous wrench tore away the soft gold bars that guarded it


    25. contemptuous attitude towards women," he says


    26. The women who saw her gave her contemptuous looks and made snide remarks with each other


    27. Joey made a contemptuous expression and waved his hand


    28. Wheeled trucks carried huge mechanical parts to some of the warehouses, and armed men and a few women were strolling by to their businesses, offering Joey and Lezura a few seconds of contemptuous glaring


    29. The newcomer gave a contemptuous look at the ICE man and showed him a badge and identity card holder


    30. Tatiana was nearly contemptuous as she looked with total incredulity at Nancy

    31. If Terence was the womanizer of which Faye suspected him and which seemed apparent given his confession of prior indiscretion, she would certainly have cause to feel contemptuous towards him and to doubt his current fidelity


    32. Looking to his left, he noticed the life-size portrait of the regal gentleman in dress of an age long gone, residing in an unnatural shadow from the lamp, watching the scene with a contemptuous and omnipotent gaze as though he were insulted by the intrusion and unwilling to offer any assistance to the detectives


    33. Phillip maintained his contemptuous gaze, knowing that Mitchell was embellishing the truth


    34. The tone of the colonel had been contemptuous and deliberately insulting


    35. She shot him a contemptuous look


    36. to be greeted with a contemptuous scowl from his secretary


    37. he said jokingly with narrowed eyes and the most contemptuous look


    38. Lisa was skeptical, and the contemptuous expression on her face


    39. “I know you would,” she said, then shot him a contemptuous


    40. He shot her a contemptuous look, which

    41. Alex noticed this and shot her a contemptuous glare


    42. ’ A contemptuous gesture at the houses


    43. Having observed this, Rommel and his commanders were openly contemptuous of the Americans’ ability to fight


    44. While he was contemptuous of busybodies, he could not shake the nagging feeling that this issue deserved further attention; therefore, he decided that the ends would justify the means if an explanation were to lay his suspicions to rest


    45. Guerrero gave him a contemptuous look while still holding Tina against the wall


    46. "Now where did Hurd find this thing?" hissed Sam in a contemptuous tone


    47. The woman gave him a contemptuous look, not intimidated one bit


    48. "That's no excuse for killing a fellow prisoner," said Ben in a contemptuous voice


    49. ‘’Sacred teachings…’’ Said Nancy in a clearly contemptuous tone


    50. He stood casually and appeared bored to the point of being contemptuous













































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    Synonyms for "contemptuous"

    contemptuous disdainful insulting scornful insolent off-hand impertinent audacious cavalier bold pompous derisive arrogant disrespectful opprobrious haughty superior

    "contemptuous" definitions

    expressing extreme contempt