(expressing scorn)

  • 1scornful — scorn|ful [ skɔrnfəl ] adjective feeling or expressing scorn: a scornful remark/look/laugh scornful of: They were scornful of anyone else s suggestions. ╾ scorn|ful|ly adverb …

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  • 2edwít — n ( es/ ) 1. a source or cause of disgrace; 2. disgrace, shame, blame incurred by a person; 3. blame directed against a person; (1) expressing disapproval; (2) expressing scorn, contempt; 4. an expression (1) of disapproval; (2) of scorn,… …

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  • 3sneer´er — sneer «snihr», verb, noun. –v.i. to show scorn or contempt by looks or words: »The mean girls sneered at the poor girl s cheap clothes. Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer (Alexander Pope) …

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  • 4hoot — n. & v. n. 1 an owl s cry. 2 the sound made by a motor horn or a steam whistle. 3 a shout expressing scorn or disapproval; an inarticulate shout. 4 colloq. a laughter. b a cause of this. 5 (also two hoots) sl. anything at all (don t care a hoot;… …

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  • 5Kerry Armstrong — Infobox actor name = Kerry Armstrong imagesize = caption = birthname = Kerry Michelle Armstrong birthdate = Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|9|12 birthplace = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia deathdate = deathplace = othername = occupation = actress …

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  • 6Pilot (The Sopranos) — Infobox Television episode | Title = Pilot Series = The Sopranos Season = 1 Episode = 1 Guests= see below Airdate = January 10, 1999 (HBO) Production = 101 Writer = David Chase Director = David Chase Episode list = Episode chronology Caption =… …

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  • 7cynical — cynically, adv. cynicalness, n. /sin i keuhl/, adj. 1. like or characteristic of a cynic; distrusting or disparaging the motives of others. 2. showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one s actions, esp. by actions that… …

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  • 8cut yai — Rasta Dictionary to cut your eye at somebody is a very common means of expressing scorn or contempt, for example; one catches the other person s eye, then deliberatly turns one s own eyes as an insult …

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  • 9sneering — sneer·ing || snɪərɪŋ adj. mocking, ridiculing, expressing scorn and contempt snɪr /snɪə n. scornful look, contemptuous glance; expression of ridicule and mockery v. smile or look at in a scornful manner; express contempt for someone or… …

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  • 10opprobrious — [ə prəʊbrɪəs] adjective (of language) expressing scorn or criticism. Derivatives opprobriously adverb …

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