Contemptuous

Billy laughed in contemptuous pride of youth and brawn. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The authors of such works are regarded as deviant, hostile to "ordinary" readers, just plain contemptuous of good order in matters of storytelling and style. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He accepted the situation, happy in the gentle and protecting affection the girl showed him, fitfully enough, for she had, as she called it, her bad days when she used to visit her mother and remain long hours in the riverside hut, coming out as inscrutable as ever, but with a contemptuous look and a short word ready to answer any of his speeches. ❋ Unknown (2006)

She looked at him and tried to make her expression contemptuous, but he only laughed. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Then the scene shifted to Ethiopia, where Mussolini, I think in contemptuous defiance of the entire world drove with his bayonet and guns the King of Kings, who went begging for his throne to all places. ❋ Unknown (1938)

The keeper made no remark, but in contemptuous silence he rattled the dog's chain and the animal barked loudly. ❋ Unknown (1928)

The man received the papers, while the crowd looked on, muttering in contemptuous undertones. ❋ Unknown (1919)

He strode on rapidly, his shoulders squared, his expression contemptuous, challenging; but within he was possessed by an apprehension increasing at every step. ❋ Joseph Hergesheimer (1917)

Hawker's, which she did in short contemptuous sentences. ❋ Stephen Crane (1885)

Do not shun him in contemptuous silence, but tell him why he is so avoided (Mt 18: 15; 1Th 5: 14). ❋ Unknown (1871)

He tears up the flimsy calumnies which have been launched against her and himself; flinging them back in short, contemptuous utterances in the teeth of whosoever may believe them; begs his judges to forget his violence; and makes a last attempt to convince himself and them that no selfish desire underlies it. ❋ Sutherland Orr (1865)

They thronged the streets of Sebastopol, sketching its ruins and setting up photographic apparatus, in contemptuous indifference of the shot with which the Russians generally favoured every conspicuous group. ❋ Unknown (1857)

He had no one to back him, and his own youthful face and years commanded but little reverence; and therefore the great pretenders to wisdom among them might be apt to entertain contemptuous thoughts of him. ❋ Unknown (1721)

I suppose that my problem is like the problem that afflicts those who appreciate Blake’s poetry or Yeats’ and yet remain contemptuous or dismissive of their vision. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was tacky and contemptuous, which is a weird tone to have in a speech geared towards convincing the unconvinced. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many political analysts pointed to that moment, frequently described as contemptuous and frequently replayed on videotape, as contributing to Al Gore's loss in an election that, as the incumbent vice president, he was favored to win handily. ❋ Unknown (2008)

DArby looked at him across the room, his expression almost contemptuous. ❋ Michael Dobbs (2008)

He's [acting] [contemptuous]. ❋ Jafje (2007)