disdain

A hotbed of feminist rebellion, its corset-shattering, myth-busting history encompasses a journey of emancipation, imagination, and healthy disdain for patriarchal expectations.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

"There's a sort of disdain for things AI."

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Hegseth repeatedly has expressed disdain for guardrails he describes as hindrances to combat forces.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

With her bright-eyed inquisitiveness bordering on tactlessness, and Harry Potter T-shirt, Cheryl-Ann comes close to being a caricature of a crass tourist, and is treated as such with cool disdain by Orla.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

So he decides to set aside his disdain for institutional learning, left: over from his days at theology school in Amsterdam, and enroll in a painting class at an art academy.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

With no action expected on rates on Wednesday, the attention will be on him: Will he submit a forecast for rate projections he disdains?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Finkel’s account, based largely on interviews with Breitwieser, is of a romantic hero who disdains practical details as much as security ones, and who is “crushed” when Stengel deigns to buy Ikea furniture.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2023

Sandra Angelloz is another producer who disdains Reblochon's "garnish" status.

From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022

He’s done everything the old-fashioned way: He disdains analytics and uses them “as little as possible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2022

Do you see how awful it is to be in love with someone who disdains you?

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Air conditioning, long disdained in France, is "no longer taboo at all", Jehanno said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Though rigid about his schedule, he disdained not only cleanliness and exercise but regular medical care.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

And though life off the mountain didn’t always go smoothly, he disdained regret.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

In both his dress and his manner, he disdained all festivity.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Stutzman, who was widely quoted during the 2016 campaign disdaining the GOP front-runner, recalls spotting Bera that year at a French restaurant in downtown Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

The British imposed additional penalties on the Americans, declaring them traitors, disdaining their petitions, subjecting their merchant ships to confiscation and hiring German mercenaries.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

Though “Vs.” is more of a reverse Kafka, with the witnesses disdaining the court’s authority.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

But it also failed to fully convey Kaufman’s pioneering style of offbeat comedy or the reasons for his disdaining success at every turn.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2018

He growled and muttered and then lay down on his side, his eyes closed, as if disdaining his tormentors.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks