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

A slap over extra cover for six was part of some disdainful treatment of Boland, who conceded 62 from his 10 overs.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

He also is openly disdainful of Marissa’s military service, and tells her he’d break up with her if she reenlisted.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 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

“How childish,” she adds, shooting him a disdainful glare.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern