contemptuous

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Contemptuous of tradition and lineage, massively successful despite not having been educated in the finishing schools of Fleming’s youth, McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr brushed off British propriety as a relic.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023

Contemptuous of his bandmates and ashamed of the music they made, Lanegan lurched from one disaster to the next.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2020

Contemptuous of professional political parties, which he derided for releasing “the citizen from all forms of concrete and personal responsibility,” Havel dreamed of an “informed, non-bureaucratic, dynamic, and open communities that comprise the ‘parallel polis.’ ”

From The New Yorker • Feb. 8, 2017

Contemptuous A contemptuous response to “Shall we ask for directions?” would be “We wouldn’t need to if you could just read the map.”

From Time • Mar. 2, 2015

Contemptuous of Oppenheimer’s arguments against the Super, he depicted Oppenheimer as a Svengali ruthlessly hypnotizing some of the world’s most sophisticated scientists into joining his opposition campaign.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik