disdainful

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

Translation

adj. visende forakt eller skjønn

Example Sentences

He is disdainful of danger.

Han er fornærmet over for fare.

He’s disdainful of anyone from America.

Han er fornærmet over for hvem som helst fra Amerika.

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

med en siste fornærmet blikk, snudde hun seg mot døren.

she gave him a disdainful glance

hun ga ham et fornærmet blikk

a disdainful attitude towards authority

en fornærmet holdning til myndighet

he spoke in a disdainful tone

han snakket i en fornærmet tone

to cast a disdainful eye on someone

å kaste et fornærmet blikk på noen

she looked at him disdainfully

hun så på ham fornært

a disdainful dismissal of his ideas

en fornærmet avvisning av hans idéer

Real-world Examples

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

Han hadde bøtt seg for Malfoy, som nå pettet på sin nebb og så nedlatende ut.

Source: 3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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

Ikke Grandeur hører med en nedlatende smilet De korte og enkle annaler av de fattige.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

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

"Du er utsatt for raving," sa professor McGonagall, med en utmerket nedlatende uttrykk. "Potter, det avslutter vår karriere-veiledning."

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.

Hun stirret opp på ham gjennom tykt øyeløft, med en overleg, nedlatende smile som spilte seg om hennes tynne munn.

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

Just as importantly, he was disdainful.

Like så viktig var det at han var nedlatende.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

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

Vær venlig, høflig, men ikke på noen måte nedlatende til de grove personene.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part One)

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

Den unge ridderen ga ham en nedlatende smile. Er det noe?

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.

De hadde øyne som observerte og ventet, tålmodige og forsiktige øyne, kjølige og nedlatende øyne, politifolkets øyne.

Source: The Long Farewell (Part 1)

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

Og Jo ga en nedlatende skulderkast da de andre skrattet over Lauries nøytrale tone.

Source: "Little Women" original version

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

Hans edle, men likevel enkle øyne tok straks til seg en litt nedlatende uttrykk.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

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