hide disdain

Frequency: 7.010.0 per million words

to conceal one's feeling of disdain

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Examples (10)

  • The politician struggled to hide his disdain for the reporter's question.
  • She tried to hide her disdain when her boss took credit for her work.
  • Despite his polite words, he couldn't completely hide his disdain for the poorly researched article.
  • He barely hid his disdain for their taste in music.
  • She made no attempt to hide her disdain for the new company policy.
  • Hiding her disdain became increasingly difficult with each comment he made.
  • As a young artist, he had to learn to hide his disdain for commercial trends.
  • She successfully hid her disdain behind a carefully crafted smile.
  • In diplomacy, one must learn how to hide disdain effectively.
  • His voice was so cold that he failed to hide his disdain, even over the phone.