German-English translations for verächtlich

disdainfulHe was disdainful of those he thought of as the little people. He openly sneered at them. They mocked him behind his back.She glimpsed at the people whom she had left behind, and smirked in the most disdainful manner towards them.
scornful

abject
uk
contemptuousMr Cohn-Bendit, you should not be contemptuous of a colleague! Herr Cohn-Bendit, Sie dürfen gegenüber einem Kollegen nicht so verächtlich sein! This report, which is contemptuous towards the Turkish people, is very bad for Europe as a whole. Dieser so verächtliche Bericht gegenüber dem türkischen Volk erweist Europa insgesamt einen äußerst schlechten Dienst. A member of my own party very recently spoke of it contemptuously as old, unpalatable rubbish, but it really is nothing of the kind. Sie ist eben kein alter, ungenießbarer Krempel, wie jüngst ein Mitglied meiner eigenen Partei verächtlich meinte.
derisive
us
The critics review of the film was derisive.The plot of the film was so derisive that the audience began to jeer.
derisively
disrespectful
us
overconfident

snide
us
Dont make snide remarks to meHe was a snide lawyerI received a shipment of snide goods
witheringThe D-Day troops came under withering fireThe playboy seemed oblivious to his withering fortune as he continued in his decadent lifestyleJanes mother in law gave her a withering look
wry