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disdainful meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of disdainful at MeaningMonkey.org. disdainful meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.DISDAINFUL adjective
Definition of disdainful (adjective)
- expressing extreme contempt
- synonyms: contemptuous, insulting, scornful
- 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"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
- synonyms: haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
Source: Princeton University Wordnet