He was openly contemptuous of supply-side theories.
In this detention centre, contemptuous and inhuman attitudes have hardened into set rules.
It is frequently instilled at a delicate age, as a result of the internalization of a contemptuous voice, usually parental.
Remove Goblin casualties with a deliberately contemptuous gesture or casual lack of concern if it makes you feel better.
She would even have preferred more of his contemptuous accusations to this present chilling remoteness.
Successful engineering students tended to be contemptuous of the work habits of lesser mortals.
The clerk throws me a contemptuous look, then does the search.
Watching that fair, contemptuous face he thought how well he knew the type from his own school.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►openly contemptuous
He was openly contemptuous of his father.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB►openly
· Until recently, Dole was openly contemptuous of the supply side economics espoused by Kemp and other conservatives.· He was openly contemptuous of supply-side theories.
showing that you think someone or something deserves no respectSYN scornful: a contemptuous glancecontemptuous of He was openly contemptuous of his father.—contemptuously adverb