disdainful
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Disdainful — Dis*dain ful, a. Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. [1913 Webster] From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside. {Dis*dain ful*ly}, adv. {Dis*dain ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disdainful — I adjective aloof, arrogant, audacious, bumptious, cavalier, cold, condescending, contemptuous, contumelious, cynical, deprecating, derisive, despising, disapproving, discourteous, disrespectful, distant, fastidlosus, filled with pride, flouting … Law dictionary
disdainful — supercilious, overbearing, insolent, arrogant, lordly, *proud, haughty Analogous words: spurning, repudiating, rejecting (see DECLINE vb): scorning, despising, contemning, scouting (see DESPISE): averse, *antipathetic, unsympathetic Contrasted… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disdainful — [adj] scornful aloof, antipathetic, arrogant, averse, cavalier, contemning, contemptuous, cool, derisive, despising, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty*, hoity toity*, indifferent, insolent, lordly, overbearing, proud, rejecting, repudiating,… … New thesaurus
disdainful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ showing contempt or lack of respect. DERIVATIVES disdainfully adverb disdainfulness noun … English terms dictionary
disdainful — [dis dān′fəl] adj. feeling or expressing disdain; scornful and aloof SYN. PROUD disdainfully adv. disdainfulness n … English World dictionary
disdainful — dis|dain|ful [dısˈdeınfəl] adj formal showing that you do not respect someone or something, because you think that they are not important or good enough ▪ a disdainful look disdainful of ▪ university professors who are disdainful of popular… … Dictionary of contemporary English
disdainful — [[t]dɪsde͟ɪnfʊl[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ of n To be disdainful means to dislike something or someone because you think they are unimportant or not worth your attention. He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment...… … English dictionary
disdainful — adj. disdainful of; towards * * * [dɪs deɪnfəl] towards disdainful of … Combinatory dictionary
disdainful — adjective showing that you do not respect someone or something and think that they are unimportant: a long disdainful look (+ of): There are some in the sport who are disdainful of amateurs. disdainfully adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
