disdainful Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
scornful; insulting; contemptuous.
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adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; supercilious; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
WordNet
Dis*dain"ful adjective
Definitions
Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside.
--Dis*dain"ful*ly , adv. --Dis*dain"ful*ness , n.