scornful or contemptuous gesture

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• turn up one's nose — verb a) To make the gesture of raising ones nose, as a sign of scorn, contempt or disgust. When your turn came, you were carefully collared, and led up to the presence, as if even at that awful moment you were mutinously and murderously disposed …   Wiktionary

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• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

• scorn — noun 1》 contempt or disdain expressed openly. 2》 archaic a statement or gesture showing contempt. verb 1》 express scorn for. 2》 reject in a contemptuous way. Derivatives scorner noun scornful adjective scornfully adverb scornfulness …   English new terms dictionary