pure contempt
Frequency: 4.03.2 per million words
nothing but contempt, unmixed with other feelings
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Examples (10)
- The look on her face was one of pure contempt.
- His voice dripped with pure contempt as he dismissed my suggestion.
- For his betrayal, she felt nothing but pure contempt.
- The aristocrat regarded the social climber with an expression of pure contempt.
- Listening to his flimsy excuses, all I could muster was pure contempt.
- She spoke of her former business partner with pure contempt, detailing every broken promise.
- What I saw in his eyes was not anger or sadness, but pure contempt.
- He held the entire political system in pure contempt, believing it to be corrupt to the core.
- Her response was a cold silence, a clear sign of her pure contempt.
- He treated the intern's honest mistake with pure contempt, offering no guidance.