It was originally used in a contemptuous manner to refer to Slav Macedonians, who believed they constituted a distinct ethnic group, separate from their neighbours.

He merely stood there, watching her in that contemptuous manner, as if she were a child defying authority.

He and Henry Kissinger, they both speak in this gruff contemptuous manner, like, 'You're probably too stupid to understand this answer, but let me try anyway, Ted.'

A person who speaks or acts in a manner contemptuous of the Parliament or its members can be tried and, if convicted, imprisoned.

The prince had a contemptuous manner of treating those very people who, to Vronsky's surprise, turned themselves inside out to supply him with Russian pleasures.

He summoned the native in a manner brutal and contemptuous, and led the way to the house, mumbling his discontent.

He stared at us, watched us coming through the rain, and he began to laugh in the most contemptuous manner.

His faintly contemptuous manner stung, but Forbin held himself back.

God knows, perhaps this careless, contemptuous manner was one of the causes of his irresistible attraction for the village Dulcineas.

"When she played in that contemptuous manner, she had this fantastic screen presence."