Contemptuosity

Synonyms for "contemptuosity" (1 found)

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Noun(1 words)
contemptuousness

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Sample sentences

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That the said Mr. Cornelius Dalton persisted, notwithstanding this great act of contemptuosity and discouragement to his creditable and industrious endeavours, to expend, upon the aforesaid farm, in solid and valuable improvements, a sum of seven hundred pounds and upwards, in building, draining enclosing, and manuring—all of which improvements transcendantly elevated the value of the farm in question, as the whole rational population of the country could depose to—me ipso teste quoque.

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Tony. And so I was Bessy, I was quarrelling with myself, I assure you it takes a deal of powerful language to make any impression on me, I’m obliged to come it very strong to do myself any good, but I think I have at last lashed myself into a determination not to stand it as I have done. Bessy. [r.] To stand what Tony. Tony. Why your uncle’s contemptuosity and opposition to our union; I suppose because my cousin won’t marry him—he likes to make every body as miserable as himself.

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“Fairest Isabella!” he cried, flinging himself at her feet, “long have I been paying my addresses—though the bill was not sent in,—vouchsafe, however, to say you will return my affection.” “Avaunt!” she cried, “thy bones are marrow”— “—Less,” he replied, “very much less, Señora. But why this rejectiousness and contemptuosity? I love thee with an affection that is killing me by inches—if not yards. Say thou wilt be mine,[…]”

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A certain German gentleman, not a hundred miles from the Spanish market, got cross one day with some members who were teasing him, and informed them that “familiarity breeds contemptuosity.”

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