Examples of using Contemptuously in English and their translations into German
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Karenin smiled contemptuously.
Greek chauvinists contemptuously refer to the neighbouring country only as“Skopje” its capital.
On all fours,” Vegeta grunted contemptuously.
Louis XVI was contemptuously called“le boulanger,” the baker.
Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously.
Sugar acid!" said the chemist contemptuously,"don't know it; I'm ignorant of it!
Let the lying lips be put to silence.Which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
There are also those who contemptuously call IKEA's mass design"consumer goods", in which the individuality is lost.
That the BLU Soldier refers to the RED team contemptuously as"you RED team ladies"?
The word is still used in Scotland for cloths(as in'dish-clout'),but for clothes only contemptuously.
The shock troops of the Dutch Revolution were known contemptuously by their enemies as the Sea Beggars.
After walking up and down the room he again looked at the portrait, frowned,and smiled contemptuously.
Hence, too, Paul takes up the caterpillars,“these worms which you contemptuously trample underfoot“; indeed, he chooses the less spectacular.
Benjamin spoke contemptuously about"Palestinian delusions" and said that they would"be in for a surprise when I come to power 1993.
The prime minister, Michel Debré, was sent to Algiers,but the rebels treated him contemptuously, and he flew back empty handed.
Benjamin spoke contemptuously about"Palestinian delusions" and said that they would"be in for a surprise when I come to power 1993.
Well, perhaps your feelings may be different,' said Alice;'all I know is,it would feel very queer to ME.''You!' said the Caterpillar contemptuously.
The leader laughed contemptuously and murmured something about childish»social romanticism«, after all they were all poor and nobody had anything to give away.
They were incensed that he would watered their rum,and thus named it contemptuously Grog from the name they would already provided Vernon.
But before he left, they contemptuously told him that if he was really the Messenger of Allah he would have to prove it to them with something which would make their life easier.
You see how absurd it is,that because I am supposed to be unfaithful,' she said contemptuously,'he wishes to have the use of my property.
The mirage of musical progress clouded his view, preventing him from forming an objective judgment of the masterpieces of the recent or distant past,the true history of which he was contemptuously ignorant.
Lenin continues,"is why theproletariat fights in the front ranks for a republic and contemptuously rejects silly and unworthy advice to take care not to frighten away the bourgeoisie." Ibid., p. 108.
There are those who suffer from Chino-phobia, a condition shared by many Westerners, accustomed by their education andcultural differences to regard whatever comes from China contemptuously.
Again and again, he referred contemptuously to Oblomov, the hero of the famous novel of the same name by Goncharov, a"superfluous man," always dreaming of great deeds, but too slothful and enervated to carry them out.
Suffice it to say that the diocesan clergy,finding himself unable to get their hands on great cake of money, contemptuously nicknamed him:"Vatican Commissioner».
In the 1930s, a visiting American academic contemptuously described typical Japanese landlords as“lately merchants, owners of inns and brothels, masters of road repair crews, and persons of similar status” quoted in ibid.
This urge stems from a desire to make up for the years of Russia's humiliation after the USSR collapsed,years when the West contemptuously disregarded Russia's views and interests.
Old-established, well-to-do natives of Hamburg looked rather contemptuously toward the"false right bank of the Alster, where supposedly families were residing who had risen in a short time but sometimes also lost their riches very rapidly and were therefore deemed somewhat shady.
He glanced at the book cupboardsand book-shelves with the same look of doubt as he had bestowed on the snipe, smiled contemptuously, and again shook his head disapprovingly, decidedly refusing to admit that this game could be worth the candle.