DISDAINFUL
Dictionary entry overview: What does disdainful mean? • DISDAINFUL (adjective)
The adjective DISDAINFUL has 2 senses:
1. expressing extreme contempt
2. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Familiarity information: DISDAINFUL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISDAINFUL (adjective)
Meaning:
Expressing extreme contempt
Synonyms:
contemptuous; disdainful; scornful; insulting
Similar:
disrespectful (exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous)
Meaning:
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Synonyms:
supercilious; haughty; swaggering; prideful; sniffy; disdainful; lordly
Context examples:
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
Similar:
proud (feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride)
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