disdain
Example Sentences
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Disdain for the new requirements is not universal; Matrix, a nonprofit organization working to build an open-source standard for encrypted communication, published a blog post Friday explaining some possible technical paths forward.
From The Verge • Mar. 29, 2022
Disdain appears to be the consensus view from the pundits.
From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2020
Disdain is barely hidden beneath the sweetness, like the smirk you might wear when you tell someone, “Bless your heart.”
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2019
Disdain for the superlative was apparently universal among English speakers, garnering disparaging dispatches from across the United States and even the United Kingdom and Israel.
From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2011
There are some 232 grotesque incidents, as in other romances; a monster wildly created, the offspring of Disdain and Strangeness—a demon composed of the seven metals!
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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