All 12 Uses of
contempt
in
Nectar in a Sieve
- "She is a fool," Nathan said contemptuously when I told him.
Chpt 2 *contemptuously = with disrespect
- "You are a village girl," said Kunthi, and there were shadows of contempt moving behind her eyes.†
Chpt 4
- She was so different from us, sly and secretive, with a faintly contemptuous air about her which in her son was turned almost to insolence.†
Chpt 9
- "Mine are not the same as yours," I said with contempt, surveying her.†
Chpt 11
- "As no doubt you can," I said with contempt, and then an inspiration came to me and I went on: "Unless you pay a fair price I shall take these saris elsewhere.†
Chpt 13
- "Not to beg from," she interrupted with a flicker of contempt.†
Chpt 14
- There is still enough for nine days, I thought, not with comfort but with desolation, and hatred came welling up again for her who had deprived me of the grain, and contempt for myself who had relinquished it.†
Chpt 14
- "Rest!" she said contemptuously.†
Chpt 16
- "A whore's tale," I said contemptuously, "as suspect as her body."†
Chpt 18
- His tone was contemptuous.†
Chpt 18
- He turned away from her contemptuously and began clicking his fingers to the child.†
Chpt 20
- "And what would I do there," said Puli contemptuously, "in these green fields of yours I know nothing about!†
Chpt 27