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She was afraid she had used some strong, some contemptuous expressions in speaking of the clergy, and that should not have been.

Only the most reactionary forces in Obama's own party would demand that he stop trying to overhaul the contemptuous culture of the capital.

Albert: That sarcastic contemptuous tone that means you know everything because you're a man, and I know nothing because I'm a woman.

In private they were less tactful. Taft dismissed him as "a peace crank" ; Roosevelt viewed him with "contemptuous abhorrence" .

Two years ago, are popular, I gave it a contemptuous disregard, now open, not read a page is crying.

From this time on, although he still was contemptuous of diseases, Father began to dislike to hear any accounts of other men's accidents.

From the contemptuous looks and rough treatment he received from his jailers , he was sure that he would be executed the next day.

"That film seems to me to be contemptuous of science, " Perkowitz said.

And I marvel that you can be so contemptuous of me, on the same day that you LOSE your job.

The other stood lounging with his foot upon a chair, and regarded him with a contemptuous sneer.

He sensed that Croft was contemptuous of him.

Any backwardness in her family towards him was due to his cold and contemptuous behavior.

Dicker is particularly contemptuous of oil ETFs of the kind that many small investors have used as vehicles to diversify their holdings.

said the Retraction, with contemptuous vulgarity of speech.

She lay still in his arms, contemptuous of his grimly literal ethics, but her face was sweet with understanding.

The child may feel that they were not the normal and be self-contemptuous.

Marx was contemptuous of the faith of his ancestors, and indifferent to the Lutheranism his father had adopted.

Mr Jupp was floored in part by his contemptuous, technocratic attitude towards union leaders.

You are really very nice and you are just a little to self-contemptuous.

Faced with this contemptuous woman , what he desired most, as ageing man and precarious actor, was respect rather than admiration .

Instead, I was contemptuous of those naive people who allowed themselves to be taken in by slick-tongued psychopaths.

Each had a different way, humorous or philosophic, contemptuous , sour, or sly, of showing this resentment.

He gave a contemptuous laugh.

Samuel made some contemptuous remarks about how no one in the office worked hard.

If anything, they have only made me increasingly gloomy. To tell the truth, they have made me more and more contemptuous of other people.

Sitnikov joined himself on to them, with an expression of contemptuous scorn on his face, and giving vent to spiteful comments.

Obstinate or contemptuous resistance to authority; stubborn rebelliousness.

The empty empire' s emperor made an attempt to tempt the contemptuous man.

Time is a means of destroying obligations and actions, because time runs against the slothful and contemptuous of their own rights.

Rommel and his junior officers were openly contemptuous of the Americans' ability to fight.

Like Lenin, these economic policy-makers saw opportunity in crisis, and were skeptical, even contemptuous of democratic pieties .

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

Chinese rulers, however, are traditionally contemptuous of the masses' ability to interfere in their own fate.

Her attitude towards Dick, always contemptuous, was now bitter and angry.

EG: . Because contemptuous conduct interferes with the administration of justice, it is punishable, usually by fine or imprisonment.

Even William Hague, then leader of the opposition, received this contemptuous treatment.

Because contemptuous conduct interferes with the administration of justice.

But they are keeping their cards well hidden, affecting an almost contemptuous attitude to politicians, particularly Democratic ones.

This month, Wenger was indeed contemptuous of overspending and financial incompetence.

Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude; readiness to contend or resist.

The Taliban statement is uncompromising, almost contemptuous.

Snobs are usually contemptuous of people they feel to be beneath them.

Users of Weibo, a Twitter-like microblogging site, have produced an outpouring of contemptuous comment.

To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness.

Child-welfare professionals were contemptuous of the Holts.

Contemptuous of rules and regulations, he created a climate that made it hard for someone like Heinen to buck his wishes.

All evil thoughts are originally delusive, so you shall not be self-contemptuous.

The move is a gamble and the initial Scottish government response was predictably contemptuous.

Autocrats in Beijing are contemptuous of India for its messy, indecisive democracy.

We are contemptuous of his flattering manner.

The rich man is contemptuous of my humble home and poor surroundings.

Contemptuous of danger, he rushed back to the burning building.

Expressive of disdain; scornful and contemptuous.

A derisive or contemptuous sound made by vibrating the extended tongue and the lips while exhaling.

She's contemptuous of my humble home and poor surroundings.

with contemptuous, coarse, or insulting words; revile.

He threw it away with a contemptuous gesture.

Wharton gave a contemptuous shrug of the shoulders.

They just wake up wake up, he unsuspectingly, on Xiaoding's excitement and itch for a try a contemptuous disregard.

The contemptuous tone of Machiavelli's phraseunderscores his belief that Italian resistance to Charles was virtuallynon-existent.

"You throw your beauty in our teeth, contemptuous of our foolishness. "

We're contemptuous of something or somebody contemptible.

The priest was contemptuous of everything American.

Glorious dragons began traversing the new continents, while the contemptuous Gaea Giants looked upon all life with disdain.

The newer society outs the old with contemptuous ease.

A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity.

The empty empirenos emperor articles an effort to tempt the contemptuous man.

"He says a lot of things and maybe doesn't think them through too well, " came the curt, almost contemptuous , reply.

A contemptuous smile flitted across Injun Joe's face.

Uncle Tom is critical and contemptuous.

The importance of the hive is strongly engrained in the Geonosian mind, and they are, as a whole, contemptuous of other species.

If you can't tell Im being contemptuous. . .

"Don't be self-contemptuous, and try the best to build a harmonious environment for the family, " said Zhang.

He is contemptuous of my small car.

Mrs. Shimerda and Antonia always deferred to him, though he was often surely with them and contemptuous toward his father.

He was contemptuous of all authority.

We are contemptuous of Dulles.

Later on, I become more and more self- contemptuous , feeling that everyone around me is better looking than me.

Familiar friends, and then close, can not easily overdone, and contemptuous disrespect.

He was contemptuous of everything I did.

Why can they say that other people are contemptuous traitor, but that is not indifferent to their servility is a Kinds of evil.

He who obeys instructions guards his life, but he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.

Boss with the most contemptuous look to see him

hauteur swagger imperious arrogance overbearing preemptory scurrilous contemptuous haughty insolent arbitrary

Attrib. Wearing blue worsted (instead of black silk) stockings; hence, not in full dress, in homely dress. (contemptuous. )

he may be contemptuous of his associates

stanley ' s ambition made him contemptuous

to be contemptuous smile, when calm, is a self-confidence;

Gertrude herself was rather contemptuous of dancing

exclaimed mr fogg , darting a contemptuous look at the ruffian

exclaimed mr fogg , darting a contemptuous look at the ruffian

A man may utter a contemptuous remark