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contemptuous ADJ

put on a contemptuous mien VB

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Joey, contemptuous of his father, refuses to go.
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It originated as a contemptuous way of saying one does not want to hear what the person who is speaking is saying.
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The admiral turned contemptuous eyes on the speaker.
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He is largely contemptuous of his son-in-law, whom he sees as an incompetent buffoon.
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When applied to persons, it is now somewhat contemptuous, as in "she-being, -cousin, -dancer, -thief," and others.
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The text alternates between boasts of the club's achievements, elaborate excuses for its supposed shortcomings, and contemptuous dismissals of members' complaints.
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He was contemptuous of politics, socialism, communism, pacifism and capitalism (unless the employers treated their employees very well).
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His home, assigned as a mild punishment, is a dilapidats at the woman's home, he displays his anger by acting contemptuous of his surrounding.
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I am no man for colonies and remained as contemptuous of all colonial dreams as ever.
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Park remained committed to his economic vision and contemptuous of calls for democratization and distributional equity.
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