disdain
verb (used with object)
noun
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Contemporary Examples of disdain
In a culture that worships celebrities while pretending to disdain them, the Sony emails are catnip for the masses.
It was associated with government heavy-handedness and viewed with disdain.
In the immediate aftermath of the oil spill, apoplectic Southerners cast their disdain towards the North.
Many critics have disdain precisely for this strange messiness of his, this showmanship that dares to create a new order.
His look of disdain at my question lingers as he pronounces laconically: “We kill them.”
Historical Examples of disdain
I disdain to spoil my eyes or waste my time by newspaper-reading.
Yet, the disdain of the girl seemed only to increase momently.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
They cherish poodles, particularly post-mortem; they disdain swine.
The Frenchman looked at his host in some disdain, bit his lip, and was silent.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Philip Morton heard, and his lip curled with a sad and a just disdain.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton