disdainful
Example Sentences
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They also told me he could turn on a dime and become reclusive or even disdainful of dinner guests.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Following England regularly is to know captain Ben Stokes is disdainful about the idea of being "ruthless".
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024
This time he is not just a disdainful bystander but one of the targets of the discontent, challenging him to navigate the treacherous waters of campus politics better than Lyndon B. Johnson did in 1968.
From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024
In playing Capote Tom Hollander sustains a constant level of pathetic deflation barely hidden by his disdainful behavior toward people who for reasons that are never persuasively explained, still care about him.
From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024
She spoke to the one who came forward, but not until she had cast a disdainful glance toward the other.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
Vocabulary lists containing disdainful
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