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(adj) treating people as weak or inferior
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condescending
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Robert always looked down on his sister and treated her in a ____ manner.
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(adj) feeling hatred; scornful
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contemptuous
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She was so ____ of people who wore fur that she sprayed red paint on their coats.
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(adj) exercising absolute power; tyrannical
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despotic
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He was a ____ ruler whose every law was enforced with threats of violence or death.
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(adj) domineering; oppressively overbearing
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dictatorial
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The coach had a ____ manner and expected people to do whatever he demanded.
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(n) to contempt; scorn
(v) to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on |
disdain
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I felt nothing but ___ for the person who stole my lunch-what a jerk!
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(adj) arrogant; vainly proud
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haughty
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His ____ manner made it clear that he was better that everyone else.
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(adj) arrogantly domineeting or overbearing
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imperious
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She had a very ____ way about her; she was bossy and treated others as if they were beneath her.
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(adj) treating in a condescending manner
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patronizing
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Patrick had such a ____ attitude that he treated everyone around him like a bunch of little kids.
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