Definitions for: Disdainful


[adj] having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "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"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
[adj] expressing extreme contempt



Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*dain"ful, a.
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.

Synonyms: contemptuous, disrespectful, haughty, insulting, lordly, prideful, proud, scornful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering

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