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
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
The movie is clearer and more persuasive about this chapter of Hudson’s story, adopting a more plaintive tone as it explores an atmosphere of disdainful hysteria that prevailed at that time.
From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2023
However, she was on the receiving end of many curious, pitying, and disdainful looks.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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