Disdainful

(adj.) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; 'some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines'; 'haughty aristocrats'; 'his lordly manners were offensive'; 'walked with a prideful swagger'; 'very sniffy about breaches of etiquette'; 'his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air'; 'a more swaggering mood than usual'- W.L.Shirer .

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• My Lady, with a disdainful gesture of the hand that holds the screen, assures him of his being worth no complaint from her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And Jo gave a disdainful shrug as the rest laughed at Laurie's matter-of-fact tone. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He makes a feint of offering a protest, but she sweeps it away with her disdainful hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He replied to it by a disdainful silence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I have already assured you of my fidelity, said Raymond with disdainful coldness, triple assertions will avail nothing where one is despised. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Tovarich Marty, said Karkov in his politely disdainful lisping voice and smiled, showing his bad teeth. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Mr Lammle rose with an impudent laugh on his side of the table, and Mrs Lammle rose with a disdainful frown on hers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• This name, applied at such a moment by my angel's mother, instilled into me more respect than I had ever before felt for this disdainful lady. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• I repeated, with disdainful emphasis. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He is not disdainful of the study of the lower animals, but invites us to investigate all forms in the expectancy of discovering something natural and beautiful. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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