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Definition of the day : « contemptuous »

  • adj arrogant, insolent
Example sentences :
  • A new respect for him, also a new pity that was generous and not contemptuous, crept into his heart.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Then she faced the lawyer again, with an aloofness of manner that was contemptuous.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Could the master of language find no better word than the contemptuous one?
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • She gave it one contemptuous glance, and turning, came back to the door.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • He was heard, under his breath, to pronounce a contemptuous Pshaw!
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • She thought his laugh the most contemptuous, the cruelest sound in the world.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • The Major lifted his bristly eyebrows with a contemptuous twitch.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • In a few contemptuous pages Godwin buries the social contract.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • General Bourgain-Desfeuilles gave a contemptuous shrug of his shoulders.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • He spat two or three times into the water, with an expression of contemptuous anger.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola