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Their speech is described as "mridhra" which could variously mean soft, uncouth, hostile, scornful or abusive. en.wikipedia.org

Scornful, the water bailiff points out the irony in that it was not science that helped his discovery, but a little girl. en.wikipedia.org

He is very gentle with all who are humble or modest, but scornful of both fawning and pretentiousness. en.wikipedia.org

Scenes include a hackney carriage journey, self-realisation, scornful glances in a mirror and wandering an old 1930s house. en.wikipedia.org

Those scornful of the decision, he said, likely hadn't sat through all the evidence. www.calgarysun.com

He is also frequently scornful of caravanners and cyclists. en.wikipedia.org

Also, when referring to laughter or a smile, it is bitter, scornful, mocking. en.wikipedia.org

Surely the adventurism if found invited the ire of elders and scornful look of neighbors. en.wikipedia.org

Tyi is scornful that they will see this as a sign of weakness. en.wikipedia.org

Deep ones might give the face an expression of being dissatisfied, grim or even scornful. en.wikipedia.org

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