disdainful

[US]/dɪs'deɪnfʊl/
[UK]/dɪs'denfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. projevující pohrdání nebo opovržení

Example Sentences

He is disdainful of danger.

Je pohrdavý nebezpečím.

He’s disdainful of anyone from America.

Je pohrdavý vůči každému z Ameriky.

with a last disdainful look, she turned towards the door.

S posledním pohrdavým pohledem se otočila k dveřím.

she gave him a disdainful glance

Hodila mu pohrdavý pohled.

a disdainful attitude towards authority

Pohrdavý postoj k autoritě.

he spoke in a disdainful tone

Mluvil pohrdavým tónem.

to cast a disdainful eye on someone

Zhodnotit někoho pohrdavě.

she looked at him disdainfully

Podívala se na něj pohrdavě.

a disdainful dismissal of his ideas

Pohrdavivé odmítnutí jeho myšlenek.

Real-world Examples

He had bowed to Malfoy, who was now patting his beak, looking disdainful.

Poklonil se Malfoyovi, který si nyní hladil zobák a vypadal pohrdavě.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.

Ať Grandeur neslyší s pohrdavým úsměvem krátké a prosté kroniky chudých.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

" You are raving, " said Professor McGonagall, superbly disdainful. " Potter, that concludes our careers consultation."

" Jste v šílenství, " řekla profesor McGonagallová, s neskrývaným pohrdáním. " Potteri, to ukončuje naše kariérní poradenství."

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

She glared up at him through heavily lidded eyes, an arrogant, disdainful smile playing around her thin mouth.

Zírala na něj přes těžce zavřené oči, arogantní, pohrdavý úsměv jí hrál na tenkých rtech.

Source: 5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Just as importantly, he was disdainful.

Především, byl pohrdavý.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

Be nice, polite, but not in any way disdainful to those coarse persons.

Buďte milí, zdvořilí, ale vůbec ne pohrdaví k těm hrubým lidem.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

The young knight gave him a disdainful smile. Is there?

Mladý rytíř se na něj ušklíbl. Cože?

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: Game of Thrones (Bilingual Edition)

They had watching and waiting eyes, patient and careful eyes, cool disdainful eyes, cops' eyes.

Měli oči, které sledovaly a čekaly, trpělivé a opatrné oči, chladné a pohrdavé oči, oči policistů.

Source: The Long Farewell (Part 1)

And Jo gave a disdainful shrug as the rest laughed at Laurie's matter-of-fact tone.

A Jo se ušklíbla, když se zbytek smál Laurieho strojemu tónu.

Source: "Little Women" original version

His noble and yet simple eyes immediately assumed a slightly disdainful expression.

Jeho vznešené, a přesto prosté oči okamžitě nabraly mírně pohrdavý výraz.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

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