disdain

Max Cady either validates the paranoia of upstanding men obsessed with protecting or dominating women, or the disdain felt by those whom such men look down upon.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

"There's a sort of disdain for things AI."

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Anna keeps prefacing her remarks with the words “no offense,” but Pete can’t help being offended by her pointed disdain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

Once such disdain for a settlement becomes possible, the SEC’s ability to set a clear standard for future conduct is greatly compromised, and continuing bickering becomes likely after any settlement.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

Lyell and his adherents didn’t just disdain catastrophism, they detested it.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

With no action expected on rates on Wednesday, the attention will be on him: Will he submit a forecast for rate projections he disdains?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

He’s done everything the old-fashioned way: He disdains analytics and uses them “as little as possible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2022

A gray eminence of the avant-garde theater world, Iván disdains the bourgeois sensibilities of Félix’s fans and the kind of work he does to entertain them.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2022

Do you see how awful it is to be in love with someone who disdains you?

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

Forster’s marriage also brought him suffering—he was disdained by his wife and cuckolded by his friends—indeed, his marital situation may have given Goethe the basis for his 1809 novel “Elective Affinities.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

But the nearer Manzo was to the center of traditional politics, the more he disdained them.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

He disdained the job—which instead went to Oscar Hammerstein II—of writing what would turn out to be the longest-running Broadway musical up to that time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

He disdained full regalia, except on ceremonial occasions, and dressed instead in impeccable coats and breeches, with tall black riding boots and a dueling blade at his side.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Stutzman, who was widely quoted during the 2016 campaign disdaining the GOP front-runner, recalls spotting Bera that year at a French restaurant in downtown Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023

Though “Vs.” is more of a reverse Kafka, with the witnesses disdaining the court’s authority.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

“Should We Stay or Should We Go” can appear heartless as the author rearranges her plot pieces into new formations with almost insolent ease, disdaining anything as cheap as an appeal for readers’ emotional engagement.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2021

Ironically, Bourdain had cited his early lows in disdaining the idea that fame made life harder.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 8, 2018

Beyond its battered frame the black-barked trees grew straight to the heavens, disdaining the forest floor, where tangled heather and brush hid the path leading from this lonely spot.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein