Disdainful

English

Adjective

Disdainful (comparative more Disdainful, superlative most Disdainful)

1. Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.

   He was disdainful of those he thought of as the little people. He openly sneered at them. They mocked him behind his back.

   She glimpsed at the people whom she had left behind, and smirked in the most disdainful manner towards them.

Adverbs for Disdainful

arrogantly; foolishly; senselessly; fantastically; scornfully; youthfully; superciliously; pathetically; absurdly; ridiculously; ludicrously; laughably; haughtily; icily; loftily; aristocratically; proudly; profoundly; unutterably; uncharitably; humiliatingly; nonchalantly; coolly; bumptiously; blusteringly; brazenly; imperiously; insolently; flippantly; boldly.

Thesaurus

abjuratory, arrogant, audacious, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, bumptious, cavalier, challenging, cheeky, clannish, cliquish, cocky, cold, contemptuous, contumelious, cool, daring, declinatory, defiant, defying, derisive, despising, dismissive, disregardful, exclusive, familiar, forward, greatly daring, haughty, high and mighty, highfalutin, hoity-toity, hubristic, impertinent, impudent, insolent, insulting, jeering, lordly, mocking, obtrusive, overpresumptuous, overweening, pert, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, prideful, procacious, proud, pushy, regal, regardless of consequences, rejective, renunciative, saucy, scornful, sneering, sniffy, snobbish, snobby, snooty, snotty, stuck-up, supercilious, superior, toploftical, toplofty, uppish, uppity, withering

Etymology

From disdain + -ful.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈdeɪn.fʌl/, SAMPA: /dIs"deIn.fVl/

Translations

showing contempt or scorn

Bulgarian: презрителен (bg), пренебрежителен (bg) French: dédaigneux (fr) m. German: geringschätzig (de), verächtlich (de)

Italian: sprezzante (it), disdegnoso (it) m. Spanish: desdeñoso (es)

Derived terms

• disdainfully