disdain
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Everyone hates the Girl Boss, but female founders really were underresourced, and female ambition really was treated with disdain and distrust.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
And too often we disdain politeness as phony rather than respect it as the tribute that vice pays to virtue.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Famed for both his powerful, challenging performances and his disdain for Hollywood's awards circuit, Penn did not attend Sunday's Oscars gala.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
O’Hara created a perfectly hilarious monster in Moira, from her absurdly over-the-top wardrobe and wigs to her open disdain for their new life.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026
She spat a word with such disdain, such loathing, such complete abhorrence, that, dear reader, even I flinched: “Greg.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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