disdain
Example Sentences
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They could stink of wonder and fear and disdain all at once, and an animal never knew which they’d act on.
From Literature
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And too often we disdain politeness as phony rather than respect it as the tribute that vice pays to virtue.
Still, amid the delights of Mr. Koolhaas’s stair, there are reminders that he is part of the generation of Deconstructivist architects who disdained the profession’s traditional values of unity, harmony and stability.
Still, large portions of all social classes remain united in their disdain for this regime.
In addition to grime, gore and disdain for governments, the ragtime gangsters of “Peaky Blinders” provided a minor education.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.