Scornful

Finally he stood before her, his expression scornful, but he said, Very well, then. ❋ Jen Holling (2005)

The same word which to the scornful is a savour of death unto death to the humble and serious is a savour of life unto life. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Greenpeace militants, meanwhile, scaled Barcelona's landmark Sagrada Familia church to display a protest banner, while campaigners with Oxfam International tore up cheques, symbolising what they called the scornful attitude of rich countries towards the poor.

David watched as Freidman retreated back into the shadows, an expression of scornful disagreement on his face. ❋ Vince Flynn (2010)

Oswald said, "Not much credit," in scornful tones. ❋ Edith (1925)

He repudiates, and with a certain scornful dignity. ❋ Unknown (1871)

"I guess your head ain't high enough up for to see her'n," said Clam, in scornful impatience. ❋ Unknown (1856)

The seat of the scornful is the pestilential chair (as the ❋ Unknown (1721)

I saw her sneak a scornful, victorious glance at the player. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It might have been called a scornful laugh if the Kearney girl had been capable of any emotion so dignified as scorn. ❋ Edna Ferber (1926)

In all the prominent part which he took, and in the resolute and sometimes wrathful tone in which he defended what seemed harsh measures, he may have dropped words which to opponents seemed severe ones, but never any which even they could call a scornful one or ❋ Unknown (1852)

The ultimate deconstruction of the notion of "scornful shareholders" goes to the wishful thinking the Times often indulges in that there really is a process called shareholder governance that works -- or, if it doesn't always work that well, it's the fault of stonewalling managers and boards, not shareholders themselves. ❋ Robert Teitelman (2011)

But I often hear the same kind of scornful disapproval among women in my family, in my office, at my daughter's school and online. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She reflected, with a kind of scornful wonder at her weakness, that she had allowed all chance of explanation to escape; the one man whom she could trust, who would surely give her a straightforward answer if she appealed to him by the memory of the old days, was beyond the reach of her questions, silent to eternity. ❋ Arthur Moore (1909)

Can that man be trusted to wash 'em?' she asks, pointin 'kind of scornful at Simeon. ❋ Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1907)

"A kind of scornful discontent," ventured Larcher. ❋ Robert Neilson Stephens (1886)

But there are also in the question a sneer at such pauper royalty, as it looked to him, and a kind of scornful condescension in acknowledging the mob's right of choice. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)