scornfulness

It evoked a strong desire to mock and ape, and produced in his throat a cough of singular scornfulness, more particularly when Mr. Rusper also assisted, with an assumed unconsciousness that was all his own.

The History of Mr. Polly 2003

You would have thought that in the scornfulness of her nature she must have sprung upon her foe with more of fierceness than of skill; but this was not so, for with all the force and vehemence of her invective she displayed a sober, patient, and minute attention to the details of vituperation, which contributed to its success a thousand times more than mere violence.

Eothen 2003

For the representing of so strange a power in love, procureth delight: and the scornfulness of the action stirreth laughter.

English literary criticism Various

The pastor of Plymouth uttered this attack upon Germany with a scornfulness which the printed word can hardly indicate.

The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe Various

All explanations and excuses he trod under foot with utter scornfulness.

Stories of Achievement, Volume III (of 6) Orators and Reformers Various 1918

Even Jed Tighe read the little sheet every week, in spite of his alleged scornfulness.

The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

"Gee!" she panted at him with an angry scornfulness which made him wince.

Man to Man Jackson Gregory 1912

For as in Alexander’s picture well set out we delight without laughter, and in twenty mad antics we laugh without delight; so in Hercules, painted with his great beard and furious countenance, in woman’s attire, spinning at Omphale’s commandment, it breedeth both delight and laughter; for the representing of so strange a power in love, procureth delight, and the scornfulness of the action stirreth laughter.

The Defense of Poesy 1909

The monk trembled when he heard those words, for he knew that his scornfulness had been discovered, and he followed the Abbot in great confusion.

A Child's Book of Saints William Canton 1909

It evoked a strong desire to mock and ape, and produced in his throat a cough of singular scornfulness, more particularly when Mr. Rusper also assisted, with an assumed unconsciousness that was all his own.

The History of Mr. Polly 1906